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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
go through something
go through sth phrasal verb [ goes through sth going through sth went through sth gone through sth gone through sth ]
EXPERIENCE
1. <I > to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation
• I've been going through a bad patch recently.
• You'd think his children would be more sympathetic towards him after all he's gone through (= the many bad things he has experienced).
Thesaurus+: ↑Experiencing and suffering
• She's gone through a lot in order to achieve what she has.
• He went through a difficult spell when he lost his job.
• It's just a phase she's going through.
• I apologize for what you had to go through.
• I don't know how he goes through that ordeal every day.
EXAMINE
2. <A > to examine something which contains a collection of things carefully in order to organize them or find something
• I'm going through my wardrobe and throwing out all the clothes I don't wear any more.
• Remember to go through the pockets before you put those trousers in the washing machine.
Thesaurus+: ↑Analysing and evaluating ↑Assessing and estimating value
• "I can't find my keys." "Have you gone through your jacket pockets?"
• Would you mind if we went through your pockets?
• I don't like to go through other people's drawers.
• We went through all the cupboards and drawers and found things we hadn't seen for years.
• She's going through all the drawers, looking for a pen.
PRACTISE
3. to do something in order to practise or as a test
• I'd like you to go through that manoeuvre again and then bring the car to a halt.
Thesaurus+: ↑Repeating an action
USE
4. to use a lot of something
• Before I gave up smoking I was going through 40 cigarettes a day.
• I went through a hundred quid on my last trip to London.
Thesaurus+: ↑Using and misusing
Main entry: gophrasal verb
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