win through

Idioms and Phrases

Also, win the day . End successfully, be victorious, as in We didn't know until the very end if they would win through , or It seems that hard work won the day . The first term dates from the late 1800s and today is more often put as come through (def. 1). The variant originally alluded to the outcome of a battle and dates from the late 1500s.

Example Sentences

"We must win through, and I guess I'll play ball with my father-in-law," quoth Pyne to himself as he followed.

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Then said Jarl Lodbrok, 'Here is the entry, and it is so hard to win through because of me, yet not by my fault.

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He had stood the trip well, Madame Guyot assured me, and would undoubtedly win through to a ripe old age.

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We may win through yet; and if not, we must just stick to it as long as we can.

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With their greatly superior speed it was obvious that the two fugitives might reasonably expect to win through.

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