if a law goes through, or if it goes through a law-making institution, it is officially approved
if a thought or idea goes through your mind, you consider it for a short time
if something such as a request, proposal, or contract goes through, it is officially accepted or approved
to examine or search something very carefully
to experience something difficult or unpleasant
to follow an official system for dealing with a type of problem or request
to perform a set of actions that you regularly perform
to practise all of something such as a speech, song, or play
to use, spend, or eat all of something, especially quickly
Collins went through every legal book she could find.
Did he say a vow or go through a ceremony?
Do not try to stay awake to go through the closing routine!
Do you think the changes to the Bill will go through?
Each audience member goes through it alone and is not passive.
Even existing employees had to go through the whole application procedure again.
Go through this book and complete each of the exercises that have been set.
He’d gone through all his money by the end of the first week of his holiday.
In addition, assessors usually go through the exercises as participants before rating others.
Last year he went through the competition without dropping a set in a sustained detonation of brilliance.
Let’s go through your lines one more time.
She couldn't stand to think of her going through them alone.
She decides she can't go through with the ceremony until she lets him know just how much she loves him.
She is going through a difficult time with her divorce.
She went through her daily routine of clearing the breakfast table before settling down to handle the correspondence.
So the dole queues grew smaller and the number of people on the sick list went through the roof.
Some go through a period of mourning.
Someone had broken into the office and gone through all the drawers.
The entire print run sold out in one day and the book quickly went through five editions.
The stories we heard of what those people went through on that day were hard to comprehend.
The winners will go through to the competition 's semi-final stage.
They go through a similar routine on returning to their pack from the hunt.
They will just go through the motions only to tell us the wards will stay closed.
Things need addressing as am not prepared to go through a relegation again.
This week the trio announced they were going through the process again.
We can’t really imagine what they’re going through.
We did go through some dark times.
We went through the list of available actresses again.
What he had to go through has been just horrible.
When children are beginning to move out, parents usually go through a crisis.
You go through a period feeling kind of vacant.
You have to feel for a young bowler who goes through that experience.
You went through a horrible experience made worse by the fear and anxiety he left you with.
Your application must go through the proper channels.
goes through
going through
went through
gone through
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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