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Osee Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

go through

1b00I do not want her to go through what I went through with Carl.02b02br
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00"Go through" used in the above seems to mean "to experience", right?02br
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00but such a meaning does not occur in the following explanation for the idiom "go through", which was drawn from Merrian-Webster's. 02br
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00Can you make any comment about this?0-
  

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12br 12br 10but such a meaning does not occur in the following explanation for the idiom "go through", which was drawn from Merrian-Webster's. 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00Yes. Experience.

— Philip

  • 12br 12br 10but such a meaning does not occur in the following explanation for the idiom "go through", which was drawn from Merrian-Webster's.
  • 12br 12blockquote 10 01b 01font 00Yes.
  • Experience.
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01cite10Osee12cite11b10I do not want her to go through what I went through with Carl.12b12br
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10"Go through" used in the above seems to mean 10"to experience",10 right?12br
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10but such a meaning does not occur in the following explanation for the idiom "go through", w
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0Hi Philip,02br
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001) What do you mean by "Usually a less than favorable one at that"?02br
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002) Since such a meaning (go through = experience) does not occur in Merrian-Webster's, does it suggest that it is the rare usage of "go through"?02br
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00Thanks a lot!02br
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00Osee01blockquote
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0 Using "go through" in place of "to experience" is a very, very common practice. It strongly implies that the experience in question is an unpleasant one.0-
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0You need to find a transitive definition for it. You go through SOMETHING.02br
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01b01i00go through02i02b00 (from 01a05000 02a00)02br
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01b001. 02b00To examine carefully: 01i01font00we
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0 Thank you guys so much!! 0-
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0 www.m-w.com does not have that definition at "go through".02br
00 It is given at "go", far down on the page.02br
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