if a law gets through, it is accepted by a parliament
to be connected to a place by telephone
to finish dealing with some work, a subject etc
to have a new law accepted by a parliament
to help someone pass a test etc
to help someone to deal with a difficult situation or to stay alive until it is over
to manage to deal with a difficult situation or to stay alive until it is over
to reach a good enough standard to pass a test
to use or finish something
Getting a bill through Congress is a long process.
He needs a lot of coffee to get him through the day.
How did he ever get through his driving test?
How do we get through so much milk?
I couldn’t get through – the line was engaged.
I finally got through to Warren on his mobile.
I just have to get through the first five minutes of my speech, and then I’ll be fine.
I'm not sure that a lad from Wigan with no background in the law would necessarily get through.
If you have trust, you can get through anything that comes your way.
Is something not getting through yet?
It may be uncomfortable but we'd get through it and come out the other end.
It took something to get through it, for sure.
Keep to your normal routine to get through the day.
MADE some hard yards and got through a huge amount of work in defence.
Must more innocents die before the message gets through?
Police got through minutes after doctors pronounced her dead.
Say no to both of them and repeat it until the message gets through.
She fought off stiff competition from 1,000 hopefuls after getting through an interview and maths test.
She was relying on luck to get her through.
That should help retailers get through this season in better shape than otherwise.
The fact he has managed to get his leg on fire after getting through security is surprising.
The refugees will need help to get through the winter.
The theatre helped me get through that stage in my life.
There was a lot to get through in the meeting.
There was no talk of just trying to get through the pool stages.
Watching it feels like trying to read a letter that has only just got through the censors.
We get through a huge amount of pyrotechnics and the stunts and effects are amazing.
We have specially trained officers with the family to help get through this horrendous ordeal.
We use almost 60 toilet rolls a month and we get through huge amounts of food.
Work is not just something we get through so that you can then reach people in ministry places.
You can see the message gets through.
gets through
getting through
got through
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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