get through
— phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› to succeed in talking to someone on the phone: I tried to phone her but couldn't get through. I got through to the wrong department.Communicating by telephone
(Definition of get through from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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