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PULL ROUND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
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 round" is one way to...):
defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)
"Pull round" entails doing...:
convalesce; recover; recuperate (get over an illness or shock)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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