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get through

Phrasal verbLevel B1

To finish something long or difficult.

I need to get through this long report before lunch.

'Get through (something)' means to finish a long or hard task. It can also mean to survive a hard time.

Comic strip. Mei: I have fifty pages to read tonight. Help! Steventeacher: Don't worry. You can get through it step by step. Mei: Get through? Like walking through a door? Steventeacher: Not a door! It means finish something difficult.
Steventeacher explains “get through”.
Your turn
What's the longest thing you've ever got through?