come through

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
  2. To survive, to endure.
  3. To be communicated or expressed successfully.
  4. To provide information on something; to confess.
  5. To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.
  6. To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something).
  7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.

Pronunciation

en-au-come through.ogg

Word forms

come through comes through coming through came through

Etymology

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.

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