Osee  +  358405 Tue, 01 May 07 06:09 AM I do not want her to go through what I went through with Carl. "Go through" used in the above seems to mean "to experience", right? but such a meaning does not occur in the following explanation for the idiom "go through", which was drawn from Merrian-Webster's. Can you make any comment about this? Osee Joined on Mon, Jan 8 2007 Canada Regular Member 922 Truths are hard to prove, rumors are easy to make. Idioms

	Philip  +  358408 Tue, 01 May 07 06:18 AM  Osee wrote: I do not want her to go through what I went through with Carl. "Go through" used in the above seems to mean "to experience", right? but such a meaning does not occur in the following explanation for the idiom "go through", which was drawn from Merrian-Webster's. Can you make any comment about this?   Yes.  Experience.  Usually a less than favorable one at that. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,604 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Idioms

	Osee  +  358415 Tue, 01 May 07 06:30 AM Hi Philip, 1) What do you mean by "Usually a less than favorable one at that"? 2) Since such a meaning (go through = experience) does not occur in Merrian-Webster's, does it suggest that it is the rare usage of "go through"? Thanks a lot! Osee  Philip wrote:  Osee wrote: I do not want her to go through what I went through with Carl. "Go through" used in the above seems to mean "to experience", right? but such a meaning does not occur in the following explanation for the idiom "go through", which was drawn from Merrian-Webster's. Can you make any comment about this?   Yes.  Experience.  Usually a less than favorable one at that. Osee Idioms

	Erin Zale  +  358420 Tue, 01 May 07 07:02 AM Using "go through" in place of "to experience" is a very, very common practice. It strongly implies that the experience in question is an unpleasant one. Erin Zale Joined on Thu, Nov 17 2005 Chicago, IL, USA Full Member 110 Here in the king's mountain view Here in the wild dreams come true Feast like a sultan I do On treasures and flesh, never few

	Grammar Geek  +  358636 Tue, 01 May 07 03:36 PM You need to find a transitive definition for it. You go through SOMETHING. go through (from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/go+through) 1. To examine carefully: went through the students' papers. 2. To experience: We went through hell while working on this project. 3. To perform: I went through the sonata in 30 minutes   Verb go through has 5 senses (http://www.wordnet-online.com/go_through.shtml) experience, undergo, see, go through - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through" Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Verbs

	CalifJim  +  358797 Tue, 01 May 07 09:51 PM www.m-w.com does not have that definition at "go through". It is given at "go", far down on the page. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,128 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche