go through one

Idioms  

1. Use as an intermediary, as in Bob can't release that; you'll have to go through the main office . Also see go through channels .

2. Also, go right through one (like a dose of salts) . Be rapidly excreted without being digested. For example, I don't know why, but Thai cooking goes right through me , or That banana drink went through Dad like a dose of salts .

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Example Sentences

“So I had to go through one of those vendor cashiers — 28% commission, can you believe it?”

From Los Angeles Times

Students entering campus must go through one of two entrances, show their student ID and have their bags searched.

From Los Angeles Times

“People will accumulate points as we go through. One winner will be crowned atop a leaderboard. We want to play with some of that really great iconography from the series.”

From Los Angeles Times

And get this: you don't even need to go through one of those nightmarish scenarios personally to be in pain.

From Salon

“And I think that there’s a lot about that that should be celebrated and has helped as a culture for us to reckon with the prevalence of abuse. But there’s also a cost to that. One of the drawbacks to all of these kind of stories being told outside of these formal channels is that accusers become targets for these kinds of lawsuits. And even if their allegations are true, in the end, it is really very difficult to go through one of these lawsuits as a defendant.”

From Seattle Times