get through sth
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
(EXAM)
B2 to succeed in an exam or competition:
She got through her exams without too much trouble.
More examples
- He got through his A levels.
- He's offered her a car if she can get through her exams.
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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go (off) without a hitch idiom
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- kill
- rise
- sew sth up
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
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Exams, tests & exercises
(FINISH)
C2 to finish something:
I can get through a lot more work when I'm on my own.
We've got a lot to get through today.
More examples
- I've got a stack of paperwork to get through before I can go out.
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Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- unused
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- wear
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(USE UP)
UK US go through to use up something:
We're getting through a lot of coffee/toilet paper.
She gets through ten bars of chocolate each week.
More examples
- We got through several cases of wine at the party.
- He was getting through 40 cigarettes a day before he decided to quit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- unused
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- wear
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