going through

Verb

go through (third-person singular simple present goes through, present participle going through, simple past went through, past participle gone through)

1. (literally) To travel from one end of something to the other.
   • The train went through the tunnel.
2. To execute or carry out.
   • They went through the process step by step and ended up with Beef Wellingtom.
3. (transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
   • Every morning, she went through her mail over a cup of coffee.
4. (dated, slang) To rob (someone), especially after searching through their clothes.
5. (transitive) To enact or recite the entire length of (something).
   • Juve’s indignities in that period also featured a sending-off for Juan Cuadrado, one of their substitutes, and a late goal from Marco Asensio when the thousands of Madridistas were already going through their victory songs.2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juve”, in The Guardian (London)
6. (transitive) To undergo, suffer, experience.
   • I went through a lengthy immigration process before I was allowed across the border.

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