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Definition of Pull through

1. Verb. Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.). "The business is going to pull through "; "He survived the cancer against all odds"

2. Verb. Bring into safety. "They pull through him from writing the letter"; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

Definition of Pull through

1. Noun. A length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by ''pulling through'' a piece of cloth. ¹

2. Verb. to come through pain and trouble through perseverance ¹

3. Verb. to clean the barrel of a firearm using a ''pull through'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pull Through

pull strings pull teeth pull the fat out of the fire pull the fire alarm pull the leg of pull the other leg pull the other one, it's got bells on pull the plug pull the reins in on someone pull the reins in on something

pull the rug out from under someone pull the string pull the trigger pull the wool over somebody's eyes pull the wool over someone's eyes pull through (current term) pull together pull up pull up a pew pull up short

pull up stakes pull up stumps pull wires pulla pullable pullbacks pulldown pulldowns pulled

Literary usage of Pull through

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The upward forces of buoyancy may also be regarded as concentrated into a single upward pull through an imaginary point called the ..."

2. The French Revolution by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1890)
""HOW WILL BERRY pull through?" His Well-beloved Majesty Louis XV. had a certain sardonic humor of his own. His phrase about the Deluge was the epigrammatic ..."

3. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-fields: A Thrilling Narrative of by William B. Haskell (1898)
"... The Scarcity of Supplies—A Restaurant Price List — A Fresh Supply of Caribou Meat — Curtailing the Work on the Mines—Those Left pull through. ..."

4. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"... they had been swept by a British barrage, and subjected to constant shelling of the German guns, but somehow had managed to pull through, ..."

5. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workedited by Thomas Edward Finegan edited by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"... pull through heavy roads that would not otherwise be possible. The usual practice is to pro- ..."

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