Clear Up vs Get Through - What's the Difference?
Definition as Verb
- make clear and (more) comprehensible
- finish a task completely
- become clear
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
Definition as Verb
- finish a task completely
- spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time
- succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
- be in or establish communication with
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
Synonyms
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clear, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
Examples
- "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
- "I finally got through this homework assignment"
- "The sky cleared after the storm"
- "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "clear up the question of who is at fault"
- "I finally got through this homework assignment"
- "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"
- "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
- "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"