get (something) through to (someone)
idiom
: to express (something) clearly so that it is understood by (someone)
I hope I've finally gotten my message through to him.
Examples of get (something) through to (someone) in a Sentence
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Rumors of a coup of sorts have also slid to the background, with Mauricio Macri and his PRO party struggling to get through to Milei as Villaruel sits on the sidelines.
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Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
When officers finally entered his classroom, he was hustled out with other students and loaded onto a school bus to get to the hospital as ambulances could not get through to the school.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
Gilbert can sometimes get through to Gauff where her parents can’t.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The San Francisco Fire Department, for example, said on social media that people unable to get through to 911 on their mobile devices because of the outage should try using landlines.
—Deepti Hajela, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
The 6-year-old was in a car with her mother’s uncle, his wife and their four children, before Layan managed to get through to Hamadah confirming the pair were still breathing but hurt and in need of medical attention.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
Of course, these methods may get through to inveterate gifters.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
To get through to people here is just really visceral and tactile and real and personal.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
That allowed a seam pass from Daniel Sprong to get through to David Perron, who one-timed the puck past Kaapo Kahkonen to tie the game 3-3.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
When officers finally entered his classroom, he was hustled out with other students and loaded onto a school bus to get to the hospital as ambulances could not get through to the school.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
Gilbert can sometimes get through to Gauff where her parents can’t.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The San Francisco Fire Department, for example, said on social media that people unable to get through to 911 on their mobile devices because of the outage should try using landlines.
—Deepti Hajela, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
The 6-year-old was in a car with her mother’s uncle, his wife and their four children, before Layan managed to get through to Hamadah confirming the pair were still breathing but hurt and in need of medical attention.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024
Of course, these methods may get through to inveterate gifters.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
To get through to people here is just really visceral and tactile and real and personal.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
That allowed a seam pass from Daniel Sprong to get through to David Perron, who one-timed the puck past Kaapo Kahkonen to tie the game 3-3.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Get (something) through to (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20%28something%29%20through%20to%20%28someone%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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