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come through

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Conflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgh, a verb-adverb/preposition combination. Cf. German durchkommen, where the prefix is separable. Equivalent to come + through.

verb comes through · coming through · came through · come through

To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway. I can see Mr Smith now. Please ask him to come through.
idiomatic To survive, to endure. He came through the surgery unharmed.
To be communicated or expressed successfully. The anger in her song really came through.
intransitive, slang To provide information on something; to confess.
idiomatic, intransitive To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles. The team came through in the end and won the pennant.
with an object preceded by the preposition for or with To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something). She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.
Similar: deliver · Opposite: disappoint, fail
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through. This letter came through the letterbox.

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@misc{come_through_2026,
  title = {come through},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20through},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}