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.

Equivalents

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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