take (someone) through
idiom
: to tell (someone) how (something) happens or is done by explaining the details of each step
I asked him to take me through his daily exercise regimen.
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But the second Trump administration is expected to pursue some of the other actions he’s vowed to take through the executive branch, including pulling out of the Paris climate agreement and undoing multiple Biden administration environmental rules.
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Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
That is the course of action Austin should urge MBS to take through his channel.
—Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2021
Even limited steps, such as the ones President Biden can take through executive action, get highly favorable ratings.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
Contemporary physicists apply knot theory to quantum mechanics and the winding paths that particles take through space-time.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
Knives aren’t the only kind of weapons travelers have tried to take through security.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
The nine-question online survey is available to take through Jan. 31, Megan Becka reports.
—cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
Along with focusing on solo projects, the members of BTS will also be fulfilling their mandatory military duties in South Korea, which is expected to take through 2025.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2022
Processing ballots delivered to polling places on Tuesday didn’t start until Wednesday and would take through at least the end of the week, officials said.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
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Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
That is the course of action Austin should urge MBS to take through his channel.
—Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2021
Even limited steps, such as the ones President Biden can take through executive action, get highly favorable ratings.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
Contemporary physicists apply knot theory to quantum mechanics and the winding paths that particles take through space-time.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
Knives aren’t the only kind of weapons travelers have tried to take through security.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
The nine-question online survey is available to take through Jan. 31, Megan Becka reports.
—cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
Along with focusing on solo projects, the members of BTS will also be fulfilling their mandatory military duties in South Korea, which is expected to take through 2025.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2022
Processing ballots delivered to polling places on Tuesday didn’t start until Wednesday and would take through at least the end of the week, officials said.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2022
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“Take (someone) through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20%28someone%29%20through. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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