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pull through
verb
- Alsopull round to survive or recover or cause to survive or recover, esp after a serious illness or crisis
noun
- a weighted cord with a piece of cloth at the end used to clean the bore of a firearm
Idioms and Phrases
Survive a difficult situation or illness, as in We've had to declare bankruptcy, but I'm sure we'll pull through . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
It tells the story of four misfits who are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld – the place where all players start in Minecraft.
The firm pulled through, but like numerous other US businesses it now finds itself in a strikingly similar situation.
Our star dying is an event, the authors say, that even tardigrades are not going to pull through.
She said he would have been "horrified to know we spent three weeks in a horrible limbo at the hospital wondering if he would pull through, despite his horrific injuries".
Doctors said they did not expect her to survive - but she pulled through, releasing her 21st album, She Walks in Beauty, a year later.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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