Definitions of go through
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go across or through“A terrible thought went through his mind”
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break through, crack
pass through (a barrier)
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squeak by, squeak through
escape
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transit
pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)
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cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
travel across or pass over
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infiltrate, pass through
pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
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run
cover by running; run a certain distance
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move through, pass across, pass over, pass through, transit
make a passage or journey from one place to another
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cut
pass directly and often in haste
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crash
move violently as through a barrier
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muscle
make one's way by force
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overstep, transgress, trespass
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
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negociate, negotiate
succeed in passing through, around, or over
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lock
pass by means through a lock in a waterway
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make, work
proceed along a path
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cycle
pass through a cycle
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blunder, fumble
make one's way clumsily or blindly
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tramp
cross on foot
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stride
cover or traverse by taking long steps
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walk
traverse or cover by walking
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crisscross
cross in a pattern, often random
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ford
cross a river where it's shallow
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claw
move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
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jostle
make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
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bridge
cross over on a bridge
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jaywalk
cross the road at a red light
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cut
pass through or across
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drive, take
proceed along in a vehicle
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cycle on
come to the starting point of a cycle
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bushwhack
cut one's way through the woods or bush
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course
move swiftly through or over
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hop
traverse as if by a short airplane trip
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go or live through“We had many trials to go through”
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synonyms:
experience, see
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experience, know, live
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
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endure, suffer
undergo or be subjected to
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meet, suffer
undergo or suffer
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feel
undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"
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enjoy
have for one's benefit
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find, see, witness
perceive or be contemporaneous with
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taste
experience briefly
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live over, relive
experience again, often in the imagination
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catch
become aware of
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tolerate
have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition
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die
suffer or face the pain of death
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undergo
pass through
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pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue“Did he go through with the treatment?”
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synonyms:
carry out, follow out, follow through, follow up, implement, put through
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accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
put in effect
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accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
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apply thoroughly; think through
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synonyms:
run through, work through
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whip through
go through very fast
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work
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
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whip through
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eat immoderately
Pronunciation
US
/goʊ θru/
UK
/gəʊ θru/
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