thoroughgo
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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”).
Verb
editthoroughgo (third-person singular simple present thoroughgoes, present participle thoroughgoing, simple past thoroughwent, past participle thoroughgone)
- (transitive, obsolete) To go through.