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  1. preposition In one side and out the opposite or another side of: went through the tunnel.
  2. preposition Among or between; in the midst of: a walk through the flowers.
  3. preposition By way of: climbed in through the window.
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  • "I think Osama bin Laden is a person who can be given a chance," he said in Arabic through an interpreter. —  The Jawa Report
  • Voting a law like this through is a major major threat on human integrity! —  The Pirate Bay - Blog
  • As we worked through the Arabic words in class this week, I felt electrified by the experience of beginning to understand the translation. —  Velveteen Rabbi
  • Pushing this through is a huge political challenge now facing the government. —  Irish Blogs
  • What really makes it apparent that Frick has not thought this through is the fact that Chipotle, a mere 100 feet away, has a liquor license. —  Greeley Tribune - Top Stories
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  1. Middle English thurh, through, from Old English thurh; see terə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also sometimes thro, thro'; from Middle English *thrugh, thruch, thruc, thruh (= OFries. thruch), a transposed form of thurgh, thurh, etc., from Anglo-Saxon thurh, through: see thorough, which is the reg. modern form of the word, now partly differentiated, being used chiefly as an adjective, while through is used as the preposition and (less exclusively) as the adverb Nearly all the Middle English instances belong to thorough. Cf. thrill for thirl, ult. from through, thorough.
  2. from through, adv. Cf. thorough, adjective
  3. from Middle English thrugh, throgh, throuʒ, thruh, throh, throwe, thurgh, from Anglo-Saxon thruh (= Old High German druha, truha, Middle High German truhe = Icelandic thrō), a coffin.
 

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