PULL THROUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull through mean? 

• PULL THROUGH (verb)
  The verb PULL THROUGH has 2 senses:

1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

2. bring into safety

  Familiarity information: PULL THROUGH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULL THROUGH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come through; make it; pull round; pull through; survive

Context example:

He survived the cancer against all odds

Hypernyms (to "pull through" is one way to...):

defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)

"Pull through" entails doing...:

convalesce; recover; recuperate (get over an illness or shock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The business is going to pull through

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into safety

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bring through; carry through; pull through; save

Context example:

We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull through"):

deliver; rescue (free from harm or evil)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

 Context examples 

It's a scrape, I acknowledge, but if you will lend a hand, we'll pull through and have a good time yet.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Old Mother Nature’s going to get up on her hind legs and howl for all that’s in her, and it’ll keep us jumping, Hump, to pull through with half our boats.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was a homely man, but they thought his face quite heavenly when he smiled and said, with a fatherly look at them, Yes, my dears, I think the little girl will pull through this time.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)