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Originally Posted by Barb_D  To mean "consume a lot of something," you "go" through, not "get" through. The past is "went through."
They went through a lot of beer at the party.
The kids are going through that box of candy pretty quickly.
His Buick goes through a lot of gas.
[a writer, not a teacher] |
hm...One of my dictionaries says "get through" means to use up a large amount or quanity of something.
It may be British usage.