pull through
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pull through
verb pulls through · pulling through · pulled through
- To come through pain and trouble through perseverance. There was once a poor, very poor widow, who had an only son. She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread.
- To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc. "Dr. Van-Herne is confident of pulling Godfrey through, isn't he?"
- To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.
noun pull throughs
- Misspelling of pull-through
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| Español | pervivir, recuperarse, perseverar, prevalecer |
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Talk about this word "pull through." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pull%20through. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pull through. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pull%20through "pull through." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pull%20through.
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@misc{pull_through_2026,
title = {pull through},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pull%20through},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
