Meaning of pull through | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
   intransitive
2. To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.
   transitive
3. To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.
   transitive

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Examples

“There was once a poor, very poor widow, who had an only son. She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread.”

“Dr. Gilman's race horse was bad last week; fortunately Mr. Verney, the District Veterinary Surgeon, succeeded in pulling him through.”

“At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.”

“"Dr. Van-Herne is confident of pulling Godfrey through, isn't he?"”

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