English Explanatory Dictionary

thoroughgo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To go through.

Word forms

thoroughgo thoroughgoes thoroughgoing thoroughwent thoroughgone thorough-go

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”).

Derived words

thoroughgoing
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