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PULL THROUGH
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring into safety
Example:
We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
Synonyms:
bring through; carry through; pull through; save
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
Example:
He survived the cancer against all odds
Synonyms:
come through; make it; pull round; pull through; survive
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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
