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through
[ throo ]
/ θru /
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Idioms about 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
synonym study for through
8. See by.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH through
threw, throughWords nearby through
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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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