get through

About 4.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To overcome; to endure.

   Military training was hard, but I got through it.

2. verb To complete; to finish.

   She got through her book this morning!

3. verb To use up; to expend.

   With near-daily trips to Houston and back, he really gets through a lot of fuel in one month.

4. verb To reach its destination.
5. verb To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty.

   He was such a dyed-in-the-wool partisan that I just couldn't get through to him and change his mind.

Similar words

finish off finish up reach get hold of come through clear up get across fall into place while away contact

Word family

gets through getting through gotten through