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Verb: come through  kúm throo
  1. Penetrate
    "The sun came through the clouds";
    - break through
     
  2. Succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
    "We finally came through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister";
    - get through
     
  3. Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
    "He came through the cancer against all odds";
    - survive, pull through, pull round, make it
     
  4. Attain success or reach a desired goal
    "The enterprise came through";
    - succeed, win, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

Derived forms: coming through, comes through, come through, came through

See also: come

Type of: appear, arrive at, attain, defeat, gain, get the better of, hit, make, overcome, reach

Nearest

come near
come of age
come off
come off it
come on
come out
come out of the closet
come over
come round
come short
come through
come to
come to grips
come to hand
come to life
come to light
come to mind
come to nothing
come to terms with
come to the fore
come together