gets through (to)

verb

present tense third-person singular of get through (to)
as in fills in

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets through (to)
  1. fills in
  2. informs
  3. tells
  4. briefs
  5. notifies
  6. contacts
  7. reaches
  8. instructs
Verb
  • Use your phone to take a picture of that grocery run or dinner out, and the app fills in the price, category, labels and notes for you.
    — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Schmidt then fills in the blanks.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of fills in
Verb
  • Moving on to the housekeeping items, the organizer informs us of the presence of a documentary film crew on the grounds.
    — Nick H. Penniman, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
  • In a brief filing, Google’s legal team informs the court that Google is prepared to begin distributing third-party app stores in Google Play on July 22.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of informs
Verb
  • The thing is Georgia wasn’t antagonizing her (and Ariana tells her as much).
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • Blake’s 7 tells the story of Roj Blake, a political dissident working against the totalitarian Federation controlling Earth and its colonies.
    — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • The Navy regularly briefs Courtney on classified matters in his position as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee’s Seapower subcommittee, which oversees the country’s top defense priority, the Columba ballistic missile submarines built by Electric Boat in Groton.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The trailer immediately briefs fans that season 10 is going to be an emotional rollercoaster.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of briefs
Verb
  • Fraud protection PocketGuard uses an algorithm that notifies customers if there’s an unusual charge or the app suspects theft.
    — Catherine Collins, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The Bureau of Prisons has a drone alert system that notifies prison staff when a drone is nearby, according to court documents.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 25 June 2026
Definition of notifies
Verb
  • If the situation has not escalated to the point of danger and someone contacts Animal Control, an officer will be sent out to investigate.
    — Eva Flowe July 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
  • That designation refers to a specific location on the shore established by a discernible line, often based on debris buildup or vegetation growth, on the land side of the point at which the water contacts the shore.
    — Melissa Scanlan, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
Definition of contacts
Verb
  • Whenever someone reaches the top of the 25-meter (82-feet) cliff — often for the first time — spectators, instructors and climbers break into applause.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
  • Assuming the FieldSpork reaches production, a pledge of US$109 will get you one.
    — Ben Coxworth July 04, New Atlas, 5 July 2026
Definition of reaches
Verb
  • That runs counter to the state’s guidance, which instructs regional planning agencies to assess service by the total numbers of trains.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • When a developer, for instance, instructs a coding agent to clone a popular new repository, the LLM hallucinates its correct location up to 85 percent of the time.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of instructs
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