get through to

Idioms and Phrases

see get through , def. 3 and 4.

Example Sentences

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

Prof Maguire says universities need to know what tuition fees or direct funding they will get through to the next election.

From BBC

I think we all had hoped that the crucible that we would need to get through to reach that fourth founding was the past eight years and that, come January, we would begin turning the page into that season of rebirth.

From Slate

"It's very hard to fact-check the ads, and the fact-checking that does occur probably doesn't get through to many of the people in the audience for the ads, and that's not a good thing," Beck said, noting their increased frequency as Election Day approaches.

From Salon

The result, announced in Parliament, was met with gasps from some MPs who had expected Cleverly to get through to the final round.

From BBC

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