go through

1. 1.

   undergo or live through a difficult experience

   “We had many trials to go through”

   “he saw action in Viet Nam”

   Synonymsexperiencesee

   Broaderundergo

   Narrowerknowsufferfeelenjoywitnesscome
2. 2.

   apply thoroughly; think through

   “We worked through an example”

   Synonymswork throughrun through

   Broaderwork

   Narrowerwhip through
3. 3.

   eat up completely, as with great appetite

   “Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”

   “The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them”

   Synonymsdevourdemolishdownconsume

   Broadereat up

Questions about go through

What does go through mean?

go through means "undergo or live through a difficult experience". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go through?

Close synonyms include experience, see, work through, run through, devour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go through a common word?

go through is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.