Colloquialisms range themselves under THROUGH as follows: TO BE THROUGH = (1) to have finished: as of a meal, ‘Are you THROUGH?’; (2) to be acquitted (old thieves’: GROSE); (3) to complete a bargain; TO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE MILL = to have learned by experience. Also see ALPHABET, THICK, WATER, and other nouns.
TO GO THROUGH A WOMAN, verb. phr. (venery).—To possess carnally.
