go through phrasal verb ( see also ↑ go )
1 . DIFFICULT/UNPLEASANT SITUATION go through something to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation, feeling etc:
When you’re going through a crisis, it often helps to talk to someone.
He’s going through a divorce at the moment.
It is devastating for a parent to watch a child go through misery.
2 . PROCESS go through something to experience a particular process:
Candidates must go through a process of selection.
Caterpillars go through several stages of growth.
3 . USE go through something to use up money or a supply of something:
We went through five pints of milk last week.
4 . LAW go through (something) if a law goes through, or goes through Parliament, it is officially accepted
5 . DEAL/AGREEMENT if a deal or agreement goes through, it is officially accepted and agreed:
He accepted the offer and the deal went through.
The sale of the land went through.
6 . PRACTISE go through something to practise something, for example a performance:
Let’s go through the whole thing again, from the beginning.
7 . SEARCH go through something to search something in order to find something in particular:
Dave went through his pockets looking for the keys.
Customs officers went through all my bags.
8 . READ/DISCUSS go through something to read or discuss something in order to make sure it is correct:
We’ll go through the details later on.
Do you want me to go through this and check your spellings?