thoroughgo

verb

thoroughgo

verb

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”).

1

Obsolete To go through.

Derived terms
thoroughgoing

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