Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you go somewhere ~ a particular place, you go through that place on the way to your destination.
Mr Baker will return home ~ Britain and France.
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2.
If you do something ~ a particular means or person, you do it by making use of that means or person.
Translators can now work from home, ~ electronic mail systems...
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