work through

1. 1.

   apply thoroughly; think through

   “We worked through an example”

   Synonymsrun throughgo through

   Broaderwork

   Narrowerwhip through

Questions about work through

What does work through mean?

work through means "apply thoroughly; think through".

What is another word for work through?

Close synonyms include run through, go through. 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 work through a common word?

work through is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.