go through one
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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 .
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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 .
Example Sentences
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“We’d expect these funds to go through one to two years of maxed out redemptions—it happens in public markets all the time,” said Brian Moriarty, a research manager at fund-rating company Morningstar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
We haven’t yet seen any court of appeal weigh in on the issue, and before a Supreme Court case it would have to at least go through one court of appeal.
From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026
It’s just a huge ask for a quarterback to speed-read a playbook, go through one day of practice, then successfully advance the ball in an actual game, let alone assemble a drive.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022
They celebrated winning gold together, and now they’ll try to go through one another to get their fingerprints on the gold trophy that goes to the NBA champions — the Larry O’Brien.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2022
“But because each of them is locked, we can’t search all of them at once. We’ll have to go through one by one.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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