Come Through

Definition: Come Through

Come Through

Verb

1. Penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds".

2. Succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister".

3. Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds".

4. Attain success or reach a goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Come Through

Crosswords: Come Through

Say, Kelly, did a couple of guys come through here? (Another Fine Mess; writing credit: Arthur J. Jefferson; H.M. Walker)

Well, maybe somebody would come through town and if they was gonna do some killin' anyways, they may as well do it here. (The Andy Griffith Show; writing credit: Reinhart M�ller-Freienfels; Fritz Umgelter)

Well, Boo here's the ticket, come through, we could (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW)

We come through with the money and the garter belts (Lady Marmalade; performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

And come through flossin, they wish y'all would (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris)

But I've come through ("We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You"; performing artist: Queen)

Still come through (The Long Run; performing artist: The Eagles)

Come Through (1917)

Rock & Roll Dreams Come Through (performing artist: Meat Loaf)

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Books

• Come Through Marjorie's Garden Gate: Spend a Year in the Bestselling Author's Amazing Garden (reference)

• Handle With Prayer: Harnessing the Power to Make Your Dreams Come Through (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Because you see the 46 millions in our island harassed about their food supply, of which they only grow one half, even in war-time, or because we have difficulty in restarting our industries and export trade after six years of passionate war effort, do not suppose that we shall not come through these dark years of privation as we have come through the glorious years of agony, or that half a century from now, you will not see 70 or 80 millions of Britons spread about the world and united in defense of our traditions, our way of life, and of the world causes which you and we espouse. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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By the way, my friend, when you come again, you need not come through the garden.

One guy come through with a hundred two years after I wrote him off.

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Business

Also, parts for European and Japanese brands often come through the United States. (references)

A greater part of the increase in the sales of foreign-owned companies will come through sales by the new second GSM operator. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

Morocco has managed to come through three successive years of drought with a growing economy, thanks to tourism receipts, remittances from Moroccans residing abroad, the earnings from the sale of the second GSM license and this year's sale of a 35% stake in the state telecom operator. (references)

South Korea

The breakdown reflected basic differences in approach, with Pyongyang insisting on immediate steps toward reunification before discussing specific issues and Seoul maintaining that, given the long history of mutual distrust, reunification must come through a gradual step-by-step process. (references)

Trade

Brazil

In the State of Espirito Santo which borders the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro there is an incentive program for imports that come through the state's ports. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "come through": come through with ♦ come through without a scratch. Additional references.

Albanian

jap (accord, adjudge, administer, afford, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, concede, deliver, dish, dispense, furnish, get through, give, give in, hand in, impart, land, lend, pay, present, produce, provide, reach, throw, vouchsafe, yield), ia dal (come off). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نجا (escape, lick into shape, rap, ride out, shave), ‏خرج سلما من حرب, ‏خرج سالما (ride out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

чувам се, прониквам (penetrate, percolate, perforate, pervade, seep, sift, soak, strike, sweep in, work in), пристигам (arrive, come, get through, hail, land, pull in, reach, roll around, roll round), достигам крайна цел. (various references)

Czech

prosáknout, proniknout (infiltrate, penetrate, pervade, Pierce), projít (get by, get through, go over, go through, perambulate), prořezat se, přežít (live down, live out, live through, outlast, outlive, overlive, survive). (various references)

Dutch

doorkomen (succeed). (various references)

French

sortir (to come out). (various references)

German

durchkommen (be announced, come out, come past, get by, get through, muddle through, pass, pull through, succeed, to pull through). (various references)

Greek 

γλιτώνω (get away with, save), φθάνω (arrive, attain, catch up, come, come on, come up to, get, get in, make, reach). (various references)

Hebrew 

לצאת בשלום (get out safe and sound, ride out). (various references)

Hungarian

athatol, átjön (come over, to come over). (various references)

Italian

superare (be over, cap, clear, exceed, excel, get over, get through, go over, negotiate, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outnumber, outrange, outstrip, overcome, overrun, overtake, pass, ride out, round, surmount, surpass, top, upstage). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

漏れる (to be omitted, to come through, to escape, to filter out, to leak out, to shine through), 洩れる (to be omitted, to come through, to escape, to filter out, to leak out, to shine through). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

もれる (to be omitted, to come through, to escape, to filter out, to leak out, to shine through). (various references)

Manx

cheet stiagh ny hrooid, cheet ny hrooid. (various references)

Pig Latin

omecay oughthray

Portuguese

sobreviver (keep body and soul together, live out, live through, outlive, pull through, stay alive, survive). (various references)

Romanian

rezista (bear, fend, hold, hold fast, hold out, hold up, keep, live, resist, stand, stand against, stay, stem, strive, withstand). (various references)

Russian 

проходить насквозь, проникать (penetrate, permeate, pervade, worm), перенести. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uspeti (bring off, climb, make good, pan out, pull off, succeed), probiti (break out, break through, clear, cleave, elbow, fight, force, go through, penetrate, pierce, plow, poke, ram, run through, stave in, thrust, wedge), proći (get by, get off, go, go by, go past, go through, log, pass, pass by, pass through, run). (various references)

Spanish

venir (break through, come, come across, come of, come round, infiltrate, land, settle, turn up), traspintarse (backfire), superar (better, break, conquer, get over, outbalance, outgo, outpoint, outrange, outrival, outstrip, out-top, overcome, overmatch, overpass, pass, surpass, throw over, weather), sobrevivir (keep alive, live in, live out, outlast, outlive, overlive, survive, weather), ser recibido, ser llegado, recuperarse (bounce back, buck up, get over, pick up, pull round, rally, recuperate), llegar (arrive, blow in, break through, bring up, catch, come, come across, come in, come of, come over, come round, dock, draw in, end up, get, get around, get in, immigrate, infiltrate, invade, jockey, land, last out, pass, pull in, reach, ride up, roll along, roll in, roll up, spend, throw out, to arrive, top off, touch down, travel, turn up, vaporize). (various references)

Swedish

tränga igenom (penetrate), komma in (come in), klara sig igenom. (various references)

Turkish

sonuca ulaşmak (end, extrapolate, win through), iyileşmek (ameliorate, amend, be recovered from, cicatrize, come along, come to, convalesce, do better, get better, get well, heal, heal over, heal up, improve, meliorate, mend, perk oneself, perk oneself up, pick up, pull round, pull through, rally, recover, recruit, recuperate, return to health), geçirmek (bash, carry, communicate, conduct, Dot, dot smb. one, extrude, fetch, get over, get through, make pass, outstay, pass, pass away, pass on, post, put in, reach, scarf, screw, see off, see smb. to the door, show smb. to the door, slip, spend, spin out, stick, swipe, take in, transfer, transmit, undergo, while away, wile away, work out), başarmak (accomplish, achieve, arrive, bring home the bacon, bring off, carry out, carry through, click, compass, conquer, contrive, get things done, get through, hit the mark, make out, negotiate, overcome, pan out, pan out well, prosper, pull off, sew up, succeed, swing, tackle, win through), atlatmak (beat smb. to it, bypass, circumvent, dish, dodge, escape, get over, give smb. the slip, jump, let down, outride, outwit, overcome, Parry, pull through, put off, shake, skip, slip, stall off, take, throw off, tide over, turn, ward off), üstesinden gelmek (accomplish, cope, dope, dope out, fix, get over, get the better of, go over big, handle, hurdle, lick, overcome, polish off, surmount, tide over). (various references)

Ukrainian

проникати (elbow, leak in, penetrate, perforate, permeate, seep, shuffle in, strike, work in, worm). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: outhomer, thorough.

-4 letters: cheroot, chetrum, cougher, couther, gourmet, moocher, mouther, outcome, outecho, retouch, through, toucher, tougher.

-5 letters: chough, chrome, chromo, cohort, cometh, cooter, couter, grouch, grutch, hector, hootch, hooter, mooter, morgue, mother, rectum, rochet, rotche, rouche, tergum, though, tocher, touche, troche, trough.