work through

verb

1. (tr, adverb) psychol to resolve (a problem, esp an emotional one), by thinking about it repeatedly and hence lessening its intensity either by gaining insight or by becoming bored by it

Example Sentences

Looking back decades later, she says she’s grateful for being able to work through her fears with her art.

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“Our investigators worked through those neighborhoods, contacting anybody they can, with doorbell cameras, witnesses, and have thoroughly works through those communities trying to identify any leads.”

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He never felt that he could turn to anyone close to him to work through feelings of loneliness and bouts of depression.

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“He worked through what surely must have been excruciating pain and delivered a hilarious, touching performance, and he is the soul of this movie.”

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Whenever she’s at the shop, she’ll settle into a spot that needs organizing and work through the items herself.

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