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From one side or end of (something) to the other.
I drove through Lausanne on my way from Geneva to Zurich.
The bullet went right through his leg.
From one side or end of (something) to the other.
The virus broke out in the capital city and is now spreading quickly through the country.
I'm working through this box set of 'Downton Abbey'.
From one side or end of (something) to the other.
Go straight ahead and through that door.
Look through the window.
From one side or end of (something) to the other.
I hope to start in the autumn, but I've got to get through the interview first.
The finance bill did not get through Congress.
From one side or end of (something) to the other.
Have you got through all those chocolates already?!
The company went through its £100m startup investment in six months.
adj
Passing from one side of something to the other.
Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
It is possible to use a through bolt so that the bolt will be loaded axially, but usually axial loads are only components of the total load on the bolt.
Finished; complete.
They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
Early in the Talmudic period the service was divided between two officers. One was invited to recite the Shema including the benedictions connected with it […] After he was through, another man was invited to stand up before the pulpit facing the direction of Jerusalem to recite the prayer proper, i.e., the Amida.
Along the course of a task etc.; used in expressions of progress towards the end.
It's a big job but we're halfway through.
Without a future; done for.
After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
You chumps are tougher than you look. But I'm not through yet! Everyone! GET 'EM!!!
No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
She was through with him.
“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
adv
From one side of something to the other.
The arrow went straight through.
I didn't like the look of the place, so I drove through without stopping.
From one side of something to the other.
I opened the window and climbed through.
From one side of something to the other.
The road is blocked by an overturned truck, and cars can't get through.
The American army broke through at Saint-Lô.
So as to pass a stage in a process and proceed to the next stage or level.
The bill will be tabled tomorrow, but I doubt that it will be voted through.
She progressed through to the final round of the competition.
From beginning to end, or from the present position to the end.
Others went to bed for the night; he worked straight through.
She read the letter through.