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go through sth

(PRACTISE) phrasal verb with go
 
/ɡəʊ/
 
US  /ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

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.Repeating an action
(Definition of go through sth (PRACTISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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