Verb: come through kúm throo- Penetrate
"The sun came through the clouds"; - break through - 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 - Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
"He came through the cancer against all odds"; - survive, pull through, pull round, make it - Attain success or reach a desired goal
"The enterprise came through"; - succeed, win, bring home the bacon [informal], deliver the goods, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], come up trumps [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: came through, coming through, comes through, come through See also: come Type of: appear, arrive at, attain, defeat, gain, get the better of, hit, make, overcome, reach |