Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.

  2. (transitive)To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.

  3. (transitive)To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.

More definitions
  • continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
  • bring into safety

Examples

24 sentences
  1. Tom will pull through.

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  2. Tom might pull through.

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  3. You'll pull through.

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  4. I think you'll pull through.

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  5. I hope Tom pulls through this.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

pulls through, pulling through, pulled through, pulled through
Base formpull through · to pull through
3rd person singularpulls through
Present participlepulling through
Past simplepulled through
Past participlepulled through

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypull through
he, she, itpulls through

Past simpleLesson

all personspulled through

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pulled through
he, she, ithas pulled through

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pull through

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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