pull through
Also: pull round to survive or recover or cause to survive or recover, esp after a serious illness or crisis
a weighted cord with a piece of cloth at the end used to clean the bore of a firearm
Words Nearby pull through
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use pull through in a sentence
Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through.
Book Bag: How to Survive—Five Stories About Unlikely Survivors | Claire Cameron | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReports say she's made it through surgery and is expected to pull through.
To pull through such a siege, the old settlers usually did much better than the new.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxAll intact, so far as I can see, and I fancy he'd pull through a good deal more than has happened to him.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold BindlossI dont believe in the transmigration of souls; I dont want to come back and pull through another miserable existence.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
Their father, in his optimistic fashion, still believed that the company would pull through.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdNever well again,” the doctor had confided to Hubert, “though she may possibly pull through.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Caird
Other Idioms and Phrases with pull through
Survive a difficult situation or illness, as in We've had to declare bankruptcy, but I'm sure we'll pull through. [Mid-1800s]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Browse