PULL THROUGH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

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...):

"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