pulled through

verb

past tense of pull through
1
as in came around

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2
as in held out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulled through
  1. came around
  2. held out
  3. came to
  4. held on
  5. recovered
  6. stuck out
  7. continued
  8. withstood
Verb
  • The break with producer and Shelter Records owner Denny Cordell came around this time.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
  • So when Tuesday came around, Lamar expressed shock but not surprise that voters opted for such widespread change.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of came around
Verb
  • Coaches rested Irving and receiver Chris Godwin, but linebacker Yaya Diaby (knee) was held out for a second straight day.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
  • By season’s end, Rivers was on the way out in Milwaukee, with Antetokounmpo being held out in order to help the Bucks’ draft odds, in what had grown into a contentious relationship.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of held out
Verb
  • The midterm elections that came to a close Tuesday channeled voters' deep frustration with high prices, the war in Iran and concerns about government corruption.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The French symbolists and surrealists read Poe in Baudelaire’s translation; then, twentieth-century Latin American writers also came to Poe in part because of Baudelaire.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of came to
Verb
  • Guzman was being held on $450,000 bail, according to jail records.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The sudden-death playoff was held on the Par 5 18th hole, so advantage Potgieter.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of held on
Verb
  • Michael was found dead the next day, his body recovered from brush along the banks of the Feather River.
    — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Surveillance video recovered by the Daily News shows a scrap collector finding the black cloth case used to hold a musical instrument that contained Owusu’s body.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of recovered
Verb
  • In scores of pictures online, she is rendered as a red-haired goddess, her bright tongue stuck out from an unnerving smile.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • What has stuck out to some locals is the demographics of those opposing the data center.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of stuck out
Verb
  • The same was true as Democrat James Talarico's lead over Texas Senate hopeful Ken Paxton continued to grow.
    — Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Otherwise, Republicans have continued to win nearly every other statewide race in Georgia.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of continued
Verb
  • The company claimed that its latest 20 Ah all-solid-state battery, Xin Bixiao, withstood extreme thermal heat without catching fire or exploding.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Utopia, for example, has withstood a blitz of dark money attack ads likely bankrolled by cable companies in its effort to expand across the state.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of withstood
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