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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Creash through

Hi.
TFD says crash through means:

to break through something forcefully.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/crash+through

and "break through" has two meanings:

break through (something)

1. Lit. to break something and pass through. The firefighters broke through the wall easily. The robbers broke through the glass window of the shop.

2. Fig. to overcome something. Tom was able to break through racial barriers. The scientists broke through the mystery surrounding the disease and found the cause.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/break+through


What sense does he mean now?
  

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I think this is what's confusing you. The difference between literal and figurative language. The ''Lit.'' in sentence # 1 refers to literal language, while ''Fig.'' in # 2 refers to figurative language.Here's a link explaining the difference, but if you simply search for each, you should find enough examples explaining the differences between the two.
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I know that figurative language is something like using metaphors.

But the problem is what sense is used in the definition of crash through
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