get through

verb

1. To overcome; to endure.

   “Military training was hard, but I got through it.”

2. To complete; to finish.

   “She got through her book this morning!”

   “I was so thirsty that I got through three glasses of orange juice.”

3. To use up; to expend.

   “Near-synonyms: burn through, run through”

   “With near-daily trips to Houston and back, he really gets through a lot of fuel in one month.”

4. To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee, possibly with difficulty.

   “Near-synonym: get across”

   “He was such a dyed-in-the-wool partisan that I just couldn't get through to him and change his mind.”