go through sth
(USE) — phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› 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.Using and misusing
(Definition of go through sth (USE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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go through fire and water idiom
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go through phrasal verb
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go through sth phrasal verb (EXAMINE)
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go through sth phrasal verb (EXPERIENCE)
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go through sth phrasal verb (PRACTISE)
- go through sth phrasal verb (USE)
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go through the floor idiom
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go through the motions idiom
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go through the roof idiom
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go through with sth phrasal verb
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go to bed with sb idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- adopt verb (START USING)
- adoption noun (STARTING TO USE)
- avail yourself of sth phrasal verb
- be (of) (any/some) use idiom
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- exhaust verb (USE)
- get/muscle in on the act idiom
- give/allow sth full play idiom
- go into sth phrasal verb (BE USED)
- gobble sth up phrasal verb
- make capital out of sth idiom
- spare verb (TRY HARD)
- spent adjective
- swallow verb (TAKE AWAY)
- tap verb (GET)
- trade on sth phrasal verb
- turn sth over phrasal verb (USE)
- turn to sth phrasal verb
- turn/use sth to good account idiom
- underused adjective
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