Words nearby through
Idioms for through
- through the whole extent of; thoroughly: cold through and through.
- from beginning to end; in all respects: an aristocrat through and through.
through and through,
Origin of through
before 900; Middle English (preposition and adv.), metathetic variant of thourgh, Old English thurh, cognate with German durch; akin to Old English therh, Gothic thairh through, Old High German derh perforated, Old English thyrel full of holes (adj.), hole (noun). See thirl
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH through
threw throughsynonym study for through
8. See by1.
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British Dictionary definitions for through
through
/ (θruː) /
preposition
adjective
adverb
through some specified thing, place, or period of time
thoroughly; completely
Also: (informal or poetic) thro', (informal or poetic) thro, (chiefly US) thru
Word Origin for through
Old English thurh; related to Old Frisian thruch, Old Saxon thuru, Old High German duruh
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Idioms and Phrases with through
through
In addition to the idioms beginning with through
- through and through
- through one's hat
- through one's head
- through one's mind
- through rose-colored glasses
- through the mill
- through the motions
- through thick and thin
, see
- break through
- carry through
- come through
- come up (through)
- cross (pass through) one's mind
- fall between (through) the cracks
- fall through
- follow through
- get through
- get through one's head
- go through
- go through channels
- go through the motions
- go through the roof
- jump through hoops
- leaf through
- let daylight through
- let slip (through the fingers)
- lie through one's teeth
- live through
- muddle through
- pay through the nose
- pull through
- put through
- put someone through his or her paces
- rise through the ranks
- run through
- sail through
- see through
- see through rose-colored glasses
- sink through the floor
- sit out (through)
- sleep through
- squeak by (through)
- squeeze through
- talk through one's hat
- think through
- win through
- work one's way into (through)
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