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pull through

verb

Alsopull round to survive or recover or cause to survive or recover, esp after a serious illness or crisis

a weighted cord with a piece of cloth at the end used to clean the bore of a firearm

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Survive a difficult situation or illness, as in We've had to declare bankruptcy, but I'm sure we'll pull through . [Mid-1800s]

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Many of my favorite survivors in fiction show that it may not be the most muscled, macho or mighty people who pull through.

Reports say she's made it through surgery and is expected to pull through.

To pull through such a siege, the old settlers usually did much better than the new.

All intact, so far as I can see, and I fancy he'd pull through a good deal more than has happened to him.

I dont believe in the transmigration of souls; I dont want to come back and pull through another miserable existence.

Their father, in his optimistic fashion, still believed that the company would pull through.

Never well again,” the doctor had confided to Hubert, “though she may possibly pull through.

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