Work through meaning
Work through is a phrasal verb that means to manage a complex problem by dealing with its parts in sequence.
- Past simple
- worked through
- Past participle
- worked through
- -ing form
- working through
What work through means
B2
To manage a complex problem by dealing with its parts in sequence
The mediator helped them work through each disagreement.
Similar phrasal verbs
With work: work out, work against/for someone, work at, work off, work on, work over, work up, work up to.
With through: go through, get through, put someone through something, see through, patch through, take someone through something, think through, thumb through, come through, go through with.
Common questions
What does work through mean?
To manage a complex problem by dealing with its parts in sequence.
What is the past tense of work through?
Worked 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.
