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got through

got through is the past participle of get through.

Meaning of get through

Verb

get through (third-person singular simple present gets through, present participle getting through, simple past got through, past participle (UK) got through or (US) gotten through)

  1. (informal, transitive) To overcome; to endure.
    • Military training was hard, but I got through it.
  2. (informal, transitive) To complete; to finish.
    • She got through her book this morning!
  3. (informal, transitive) To use up; to expend.
    • Near-synonyms: burn through, run through
  4. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty.
    • The earliest arrival was able to ameliorate the lot of the other, especially as he was the lucky recipient of no less than thirteen parcels of comforts and food. So you see, O women of little faith, parcels are getting through to our brave lads.1917 August 23, Clio [pseudonym], “The Ladies Letter”, in Punch, volume CXXVII, number 3239, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 310, column 2
    Synonyms:
    patch, get across

Questions about got through

What is got through the past participle of?
Got through is the past participle of get through.

Words near got through in the dictionary

  1. got the wind up
  2. got the word out
  3. got the worst of it
  4. got the wrong idea
  5. got there
  6. got through
  7. got through one's head
  8. got through one's thick skull
  9. got to
  10. got to first base
  11. got to grips with

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