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thoroughgo

thoroughgo

English

Alternative forms

  • thorough-go

Verb

thoroughgo ‎(third-person singular simple present thoroughgoes, present participle thoroughgoing, simple past thoroughwent, past participle thoroughgone)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To go through.

Derived terms

Etymology

From Middle English thurhgon, from Old English þurhgān ‎(“to go through, go over, pass through, pierce, penetrate, permeate, pervade”), equivalent to thorough- +‎ go. Cognate with Dutch doorgaan ‎(“to go on, continue, go through, proceed”), German durchgehen ‎(“to go through, pass through”).

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