Meanings
present singular third person goes through with · participle present going through with · past went through with · participle past gone through with
- idiomatictransitiveTo carry out (something planned or promised); to proceed with or continue with.
If you decide to go through with the surgery, remember to leave time to recover.
1 more example
'I perceive,' said John. 'Well, I saw I was in for it, and had nothing for it but to go through with it. Anything for a quiet life.'
1895, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease: Or, The Brother's Wife, page 7
Synonyms & antonyms
verbpursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 完成, 實現 /实现
- 完成 (wánchéng)carry out something planned or promised
- 實現 /实现 (shíxiàn)carry out something planned or promised
- 堅持 /坚持 (jiānchí)carry out something planned or promised
- 進行 /进行 (jìnxíng)carry out something planned or promised
Esperanto trairi
- trairicarry out something planned or promised
Finnish viedä läpi, käydä läpi
- viedä läpicarry out something planned or promised
- käydä läpicarry out something planned or promised
Latin perpetrō
- perpetrōcarry out something planned or promised
Cite this entry
go through with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20through%20with
“go through with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20through%20with. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go through with,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20through%20with.
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