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The idea

Get through means finish a demanding task, or succeed in making telephone contact. For a task, a noun or pronoun follows through. For a person, use get through to; without a named person, say get through. It is common in everyday speech.

Examples

  • We got through the long report together.
  • She got through her homework before dinner.
  • Can you get through all these forms today?
  • I finally got through to the clinic.
  • We could not get through to the driver.
  • The line was busy, but he got through later.

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Watch out

Do not split the task expression: say get through it, not get it through.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the correct option. We have ten pages left; can we get ___ them tonight? (through / over)

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    through

    through completes the phrase for finishing the pages.

  2. Choose the correct option. The office was busy, but I got through ___ the receptionist. (to / at)

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    to

    to introduces the person reached by telephone.

  3. Choose the correct option. The puzzle was hard, but we got through ___. (it / its)

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    it

    it refers to the puzzle and follows the particle.

Use it today

Describe a task you finished and a call you managed to make.