All phrasal verbs

through

/θru/12 verbs

Something passes from one end of an obstacle to the other.

THROUGH is about traversal, usually of something hard: get through an exam, go through a list, pull through an illness, see through a lie.

It also carries failure when paired with fall: fall through means a plan collapsed before completion.

What it does to the sound

The TH is voiceless /θ/ — tongue tip lightly between the teeth. Substituting /t/ (“troo”) or /s/ (“sroo”) is the most common slip, and the preceding verb's final stop stays unreleased before it: break through fuses with no popped K.

What THROUGH means

Traversal — go from one end to the other

You cover the whole of something, item by item.

Survival — come out the far side

A difficulty is endured and survived.

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Connection — reach someone

Communication succeeds in crossing a barrier.

Every verb that takes THROUGH

The complete list — 12 of them. The section above groups the common ones by what THROUGH is doing.

The particle THROUGH — what it does to a verb