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go through

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

Definition

If a law, plan, or deal goes through, it is officially accepted or approved: A council spokeswoman said that the proposals for the new shopping centre were unlikely to go through.Accepting and agreeingAccepting and agreeing reluctantlyApproving and approval
(Definition of go through from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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