http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358797Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:00:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358797CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358797http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-358797.xmlwww.m-w.com does not have that definition at "go through". It is given at "go", far down on the page. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358654Sat, 23 May 2009 02:00:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358654Osee1http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358654http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-358654.xmlThank you guys so much!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358636Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:00:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358636Grammar Geek2http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358636http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-358636.xmlYou 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 , <a href="http://www.wordnet-online.com/see.shtml" target="_blank" title="http://www.wordnet-online.com/see.shtmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358420Sat, 23 May 2009 02:00:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358420Erin Zale3http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358420http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-358420.xmlUsing "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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358415Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:00:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358415Osee4http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358415http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-358415.xmlHi 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358408Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:00:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358408Philip5http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htm#358408http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-358408.xmlOsee 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htmThu, 23 Apr 2009 02:00:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:358405Osee6http://www.englishforums.com/English/GoThrough/vvqcl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-358405.xmlI 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?