"get through" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets through [present, singular, third-person], getting through [participle, present], got through [past], got through [UK, participle, past], gotten through [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> through}} 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. To overcome; to endure. Translations (to overcome): 度過 (Chinese Mandarin), 度过 (dùguò) (Chinese Mandarin), selviytyä (Finnish), suoriutua (Finnish), franchir (French), superare (Italian), farcela (Italian)
    Sense id: en-get_through-en-verb-pt06Togd Disambiguation of 'to overcome': 94 2 4
  2. To complete; to finish.
    Sense id: en-get_through-en-verb-vJ8EVIZn
  3. To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee with difficulty. Related terms: go through, live through Translations (to make contact by telephone): додзво́нюватися (dodzvónjuvatysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), додзвони́тися (dodzvonýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-get_through-en-verb-OR2TaXog Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (through) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 82 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (through): 18 13 69 Disambiguation of 'to make contact by telephone': 0 0 100

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for get through meaning in English (3.9kB)

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