what's the meaning of this sentence? you will lose more than that when the king get through with you
-by <the lion king>
and what is the meaning of this express :" get through with"?
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It should be "you will lose more than that when the king gets through with you" - there is an 's' on gets.
"Gets through with" means 'finishes with' - i.e. finishes doing whatever he is going to do.
It means that whatever you have already lost, you will loose a lot more, when the king finishes (probably punishing) you. In the old days, kings had the power to remove quite a lot from you - your land, your money, your head...
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