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English
Verb
pull through (third-person singular simple present pulls through, present participle pulling through, simple past and past participle pulled through)
- (intransitive) To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 215: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.
1901 April 12, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 3, page 68:Dr. Gilman's race horse was bad last week; fortunately Mr. Verney, the District Veterinary Surgeon, succeeded in pulling him through.
- (transitive) To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.
1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 176:"Dr. Van-Herne is confident of pulling Godfrey through, isn't he?"
- (transitive) To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.
Noun
pull through (plural pull throughs)
- Misspelling of pull-through.