come through
To come into a room or other space through a door or passagewayTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
» I was able to see him coming through the window.
Я бачив, як він заліз вікном.
Meaning
7 sensesTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
I can see Mr Smith now. Please ask him to come through.
(idiomatic)To survive, to endure.
He came through the surgery unharmed.
To be communicated or expressed successfully.
The anger in her song really came through.
More information on the scandal is coming through now.
(intransitive, slang)To provide information on something; to confess.
(idiomatic, intransitive)To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.
The team came through in the end and won the pennant.
To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something).
She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.
He really came through with a lawyer when we were in trouble.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.
This letter came through the letterbox.
- penetrate
- succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
- attain success or reach a desired goal
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
Examples
136 sentencesI was able to see him coming through the window.
Я бачив, як він заліз вікном.
He came in through the window.
Він зайшов через вікно.
ruОн влез через окно.
deEr ist durch das Fenster hineingestiegen.
Tom came in through a secret door in the wall.
Том увійшов через секретні двері у стіні.
ruТом вошёл через потайную дверь в стене.
deTom kam durch eine Geheimtür in der Wand herein.
I came in through the window.
ruЯ проник через окно.
deIch kam zum Fenster herein.
Tom came in through a window.
Origin
Conflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgConflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgh, a verb-adverb/preposition combination. Cf. German durchkommen, where the prefix is separable. Equivalent to come + through.
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Forms
comes through, coming through, came through, come through| Base form | come through · to come through |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes through |
| Present participle | coming through |
| Past simple | came through |
| Past participle | come through |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- come upпідійти, піднятисяTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- come offнатрапити, натраплятиTo become detached.
- come outпоставити, ставитиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- come onпройти, проходитиTo encounter, discover; to come upon.
- come inздаватися, кидатиTo enter.
- come downпадати, впастиTo descend, fall down, collapse.
- come backповернутисяTo return to a place.
- come overнатрапити, натраплятиTo affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
More 8
- come afterловити, полюватиTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- come aroundдорівнювати, отямитисяTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
- come throughдоставити, доставлятиTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
- come alongрозвивати, розвиватисяTo accompany.
- come aboutстатися, відбутисяTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
- come toдорівнювати, отямитисяTo recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- come acrossнатрапити, натраплятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- come byTo obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
Synonyms
11 synonyms- penetrate:break through
- succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems:get through
- attain success or reach a desired goal:succeedwinbring home the bacondeliver the goods
- continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.):survivepull throughpull roundmake it
Antonyms
2 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb