go through with

go through with
If you go through with an action you have decided on, you do it, even though it may be very unpleasant or difficult for you.

[V P P n] Richard pleaded for Belinda to reconsider and not to go through with the divorce.


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  • go through with — {v. phr.} To finish; do as planned or agreed; not stop or fail to do. * /The boys don t think Bob will go through with his plans to spend the summer at a camp./ * /Mr. Trent hopes the city won t go through with its plans to widen the street./ Syn …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • shot through with — Full of. * /His speech was shot through with praise for the president./ * /Jane s letter was shot through with hints for a pony./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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