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Get through meaning

Get through is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to succeed in making telephone contact with someone.

Past simple
got through
Past participle
got through
-ing form
getting through

What get through means

reach by phoneB2

To succeed in making telephone contact with someone

I called several times but could not get through.

1 more meaning of get through is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get around, get off, get at, get away.

With through: go through, put someone through something, see through, patch through, take someone through something, think through, thumb through, work through, come through, go through with.

Common questions

What does get through mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to succeed in making telephone contact with someone. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of get through?

Got through, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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