get through

verb

1. to succeed or cause or help to succeed in an examination, test, etc
2. to bring or come to a destination, esp after overcoming problems

   we got through the blizzards to the survivors

3. intr, adverb to contact, as by telephone
4. intr, preposition to use, spend, or consume (money, supplies, etc)
5. to complete or cause to complete (a task, process, etc)

   to get a bill through Parliament

6. adverbfoll byto to reach the awareness and understanding (of a person)

   I just can't get the message through to him

7. slang.
   intr, adverb to obtain illegal drugs

Example Sentences

Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, may have been spared on Wednesday, but the message got through.

From BBC

Some travellers commenting on social media said they had been told that pilots were unable to generate loading data for their aircraft and have been struggling to get through to colleagues by phone.

From BBC

“In whatever way possible, we are going to get through this,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

If Britain do get through the next two ties, the spectre of Poland or Italy - one of whom most people expect to win - looms large.

From BBC

The scientists think the clay protected the log, keeping water and air from getting through.

From NewsForKids.net

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