through with
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3.5
- phrasal verb
- Informal
- After months of arguing, she finally decided she was through with him.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I'm still not through with my revenge.
- And I'm still not through with my revenge.
- All right, I'm through with you and I'm through with love.
Examples
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No, I'm through with them.
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I can't go through with this.
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- I told you along time ago I am through with investigation.
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Oh, are you through with that?
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I made up my mind then and there that I was through with both of them.
Fiction book (1990) -
All right, I'm through with you and I'm through with love.
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I don't want to go through with it.
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You're really gonna go through with this, huh?
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But I couldn't go through with it.
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Most people wouldn't have believed you'd go through with it, but I knew better.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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2.6
No longer involved with something after finishing or losing interest
Antonyms
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
through + with
The adjective 'through' meaning 'finished' combined with the preposition 'with' transparently yields 'finished with X' (no longer involved or concerned). This compositional pattern (adj. indicating completion + 'with' marking the target) is common in English and should be predictable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Through with comes from the image of walking through a door and leaving something behind so you are no longer 'with' it. So it means 'finished' or 'no longer involved'.