come through

Verb

Meaning

penetrate

attain success or reach a desired goal

succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems

continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

come-through

Synonyms

win survive succeed get through make it pull through last exist remain bear continue face combat weather stand

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Antonyms

yield fail surrender submit quit concede

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Hypernyms

make appear hit reach gain defeat

Hyponyms

work run act clear peg hit

Examples

Knowledge must come through action you can have no test, which is not fanciful save by trial. Sophocles

The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time. Henry Ford

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. Henry Miller

He who has come through the fire will fade in the sun. Hindi Proverb

Nature will come through the claws, and the hound will follow the hare. Irish Proverb

Wealth can come through your creator's good-will. Egyptian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

come the raw prawn come thick and fast come this way come through for someone come through unscathed come through with flying colors