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get through

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GET THROUGH

to get to a destination <we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall>

Synonyms appear, arrive, get in, get through, land, show up, turn up

Related Words fetch, hit, make, reach; pull in, touch down; debark, disembark; barge (in), blow in, breeze (in), burst (in or into), waltz (in); check in, clock (in)

Near Antonyms check out, clock (out); flee, vamoose

Antonyms go, leave

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