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Definition of Come through

1. Verb. Penetrate. "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"

2. Verb. Succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems. "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

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

4. Verb. Attain success or reach a desired goal. "The business is going to come through "; "She struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

Definition of Come through

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To survive, to endure. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To succeed. ¹

3. Verb. (''with an object preceded by the preposition'' for) Not to let somebody down, keep one's promise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Through

come out in the wash come out of one's shell come out of the woodwork come out smelling like a rose come out smelling of roses come out swinging come out with come over come round come short

come stà come the acid come the raw prawn come thick and fast come through (current term) come to come to Jesus come to a close come to a head come to an end

come to blows come to grief come to grips come to grips with come to hand come to life come to light come to mention it come to mind

Literary usage of Come through

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

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"come through the heather, around him gather, Ye're a' the welcomer early; ... come through the heather, etc. There's ne'er a lass in a' the Ian' But vows ..."

2. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"CHAPTER XX. General Lee in Richmond: beard white.—First proposition to trade cotton to the enemy.—Secretary in favor of it.—All the letters come through my ..."

3. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"come through the heather, around him gather, Come Ronald, come Donald, ... come through the heather, &c. Then here's a health to Charlie's cause, ..."

4. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Good Treatment Can Only come through Understanding and Following Up. § 123. Our Fundamental Ideas of Treatment are Derived from Observations. ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
""Why could harm come through investigation to the Republican party? Because he knew, and knows now, as the country knows, that these calumnies against the ..."

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