Meaning of come through | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
2. To survive, to endure.
   idiomatic
3. To be communicated or expressed successfully.
4. To provide information on something; to confess.
   intransitive, slang
5. To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.
   idiomatic, intransitive
6. To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something).
7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.

Examples

“I can see Mr Smith now. Please ask him to come through.”

“He came through the surgery unharmed.”

“The anger in her song really came through.”

“More information on the scandal is coming through now.”

“The team came through in the end and won the pennant.”

“It was felt Liverpool's potent attack would provide their most severe test - and to come through against Jurgen Klopp's unbeaten side with a point will do wonders for belief and self-confidence.”

“She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.”

“He really came through with a lawyer when we were in trouble.”

“This letter came through the letterbox.”

“As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.”

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