1.
If you ~ an experience or a period of time, especially an unpleasant or difficult one, you experience it.
He was going through a very difficult time...
South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n
2.
If you ~ a lot of things such as papers or clothes, you look at them, usually in order to sort them into groups or to search for a particular item.
It was evident that someone had gone through my possessions.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
3.
If you ~ a list, story, or plan, you read or check it from beginning to end.
Going through his list of customers is a massive job.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
4.
When someone goes through a routine, procedure, or series of actions, they perform it in the way they usually do.
Every night, they ~ the same routine: he throws open the bedroom window, she closes it.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
5.
If a law, agreement, or official decision goes through, it is approved by a parliament or committee.
The bill might have gone through if the economy was growing.
= get through
PHRASAL VERB: V P