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Definition of break through phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

break through

phrasal verb
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break through
  1. to make new and important discoveries
    • Scientists think they are beginning to break through in the fight against cancer.
    related noun breakthrough
break through | break through something
  1. to make a way through something using force
    • Demonstrators broke through the police cordon.
    • The defending champions tried hard to stop the Yale attack, but they managed to break through and score.
  2. (of the sun or moon) to appear from behind clouds
    • The sun broke through at last in the afternoon.
    • At last the moon broke through the clouds and they could see their way.
break through something
  1. to succeed in dealing with an attitude that somebody has and the difficulties it creates synonym overcome
    • He had finally managed to break through her reserve.
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See break through in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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