through
- adjective
- /θru/
- Informal
- After completing the training, I was glad to be through with those long hours.
Examples
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Now that the project is finished, I feel completely through with the stress it caused.
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And then once I've been through this, that's it.
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This man has been there for me through everything.
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And so that took me through college and through Graduate School.
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And I'll be here for you, walking through it with you.
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But I want to say we've been through a lot together.
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I mean, we've been through the School of Life links.
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I don't want everything I've been through to be for nothing.
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You don't know what I've been through as a gay man.
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If you're wondering how I've made it through my life this far.
Synonyms
Finished with a task or activity
Finished and not needing any more work
Finished and not needing any more work
Not involved with something and not responsible for it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To do something without real effort or interest because it is expected
All the difficult and important things people go through together
- Informal
In all situations, both good and bad, people stay loyal and support each other
- Informal
To make someone understand or accept something after many tries
- Literature
Entering a strange, unreal world where usual rules are reversed
- Informal
To act very carefully in a difficult situation to avoid mistakes or offend people
- Informal
To notice small important details while keeping the whole situation in mind
Compounds
- Specialized
The forward movement after a hit or swing that finishes the action smoothly
- Specialized
A setting that lets signals or data pass through unchanged to another device
- Specialized
A shipping document that covers a journey using more than one kind of transport
How Finished
Surface Forms
Etymology
Through comes from Old English thurh, originally meaning 'to the end' or 'all the way', so if you have gone 'through' your work you have reached the end. That's why saying you are 'through' with something means you have finished it.