Meaning of through with(p) in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    through with(p)

    Definitions

    1. having finished or arrived at completion

    Examples

    • « certain to make history before he's done »
    • « it's a done deed »
    • « after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up »
    • « almost through with his studies »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. having no further concern with

    Examples

    • « he was through with school and he was through with family- John Dos Passos »
    • « done with gambling »
    • « done with drinking »

    Synonyms

Famous quotes

  • « I do support enhanced interrogation techniques. Obviously their value is shining through with respect to the bin Laden killing. »
    Tim Pawlenty
  • « Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old. »
    Rowan Williams
  • « A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it. »
    Ben Affleck
  • « Love is what you've been through with somebody. »
    James Thurber
  • « To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow the coup de grace for the painter as well as for the picture. »
    Pablo Picasso

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