thoroughgo

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verb

To go through.

OriginMiddle English thurhgon ← Old English þurhgān →
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Meanings

verbthoroughgo (third-person singular simple present thoroughgoes, present participle thoroughgoing, simple past thoroughwent, past participle thoroughgone)

present singular third person thoroughgoes · participle present thoroughgoing · past thoroughwent · participle past thoroughgone · alternative thorough-go

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo go through.

Origin

  1. Old Englishþurhgān“to go through, go over, pass through, pierce, penetrate, permeate, pervade”
  2. Middle Englishthurhgon
  3. Englishthoroughgo

From Middle English thurhgon, from Old English þurhgān (“to go through, go over, pass through, pierce, penetrate, permeate, pervade”), equivalent to thorough- + go. Cognate with Dutch doorgaan (“to go on, continue, go through, proceed”), German durchgehen (“to go through, pass through”).

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APA

thoroughgo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughgo

MLA

“thoroughgo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughgo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoroughgo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughgo.

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