pull through
verb
pulled through; pulling through; pulls through
: to survive a dangerous or difficult situation
: to help survive a dangerous or difficult situation
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If UConn pulls through against Purdue on Monday night, Portnoy stands to make $2.16 million.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2024
Suppose a transit authority promises that its metro trains pull through a station every eight minutes on average.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
Dorothy even pulled through for the premiere of Jordan Peele’s Us in 2019, despite not being a fan of horror.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
Investigators believe Morin was attacked on the trail and pulled through a wooded area before being killed in a drainage culvert that runs alongside the trail, the sheriff's office previously said.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 15 June 2024
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2024
Suppose a transit authority promises that its metro trains pull through a station every eight minutes on average.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
Dorothy even pulled through for the premiere of Jordan Peele’s Us in 2019, despite not being a fan of horror.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
Investigators believe Morin was attacked on the trail and pulled through a wooded area before being killed in a drainage culvert that runs alongside the trail, the sheriff's office previously said.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 15 June 2024
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“Pull through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20through. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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