Clear Up vs Get Through - What's the Difference?

Clear Up

Get Through

Definitions

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

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"
  • "Clear the throat"
  • "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"

Parts of Speech

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