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WORK THROUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does work through mean? 

WORK THROUGH (verb)
  The verb WORK THROUGH has 1 sense:

1. apply thoroughly; think throughplay

  Familiarity information: WORK THROUGH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORK THROUGH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply thoroughly; think through

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

go through; run through; work through

Context example:

We worked through an example

Hypernyms (to "work through" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "work through"):

whip through (go through very fast)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


This agent has minimal sympathomimetic properties, but animal studies indicate it may work through dopaminergic mechanisms.

(Pemoline, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment that helps a person work through a greater than normal reaction to a loss, such as the death of a loved one.

(Grief therapy, NCI Dictionary)

The process by which a trained counselor or a support group helps a person work through normal feelings of sorrow after a loss, such as the death of a loved one.

(Grief counseling, NCI Dictionary)

That doctor can help you become free of a dependence on a substance or work through post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from being on the battlefield, for example.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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