phrasal verb · neutral
get through to
/ɡet θruː tuː/GET·THROUGH·to
make someone understand or accept what you are saying
Examples
“After a long talk I finally got through to my teacher.”
“I can't get through to him — he just won't listen.”
“She tried different explanations until she got through to the children.”
Band 8 sentence
“After several different examples and a short story, I finally managed to get through to the students and they could see why the experiment mattered.”
Collocations
- get through to someone
- unable to get through to
- try to get through to
Word family
Common mistakes
get through him→get through to him
I explained but I couldn't get through.→I explained but I couldn't get through to him.
Say it for a higher band
5explain→6make someone understand→7+get through to
Synonyms
reach (someone)
make someone understand
Easily confused
get through
“I finally got through the entire book last night.”
get across to
“She managed to get the main point across to the team.”
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