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English verb: come through | |||
| 1. | come through (change) penetrate | ||
| Samples | The sun broke through the clouds. The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft. | ||
| Synonyms | break through | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appear | ||
| 2. | come through (motion) succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems | ||
| Samples | We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister. | ||
| Synonyms | get through | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | ||
| 3. | come through (stative) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) | ||
| Samples | He survived the cancer against all odds. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to come through | ||
| Synonyms | make it, pull round, pull through, survive | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
| Entail | convalesce, recover, recuperate | ||
| Antonyms | succumb, yield | ||
| 4. | come through (social) attain success or reach a desired goal | ||
| Samples | The enterprise succeeded. We succeeded in getting tickets to the show. She struggled to overcome her handicap and won. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to come through | ||
| Synonyms | bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accomplish, achieve, act, arrive, attain, bring off, carry off, clear, get in, go far, hit, hit the jackpot, luck out, make it, make it, manage, nail, nail down, negociate, pan out, pass, pass, peg, pull off, reach, run, work | ||
| Entail | assay, attempt, essay, seek, try | ||
| Antonyms | go wrong, miscarry, fail | ||
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