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come out |
come out of the closet |
come over |
come round |
come short |
come through
| come to
| come to grips
| come to hand
| come to life
| come to light
come through
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb come through has 4 senses
- come through(v = verb.change) break through - penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft" is one way to appear
- come through(v = verb.motion) get through - succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" is one way to arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach
- come through(v = verb.stative) make it, pull round, pull through, survive - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" is one way to defeat, get the better of, overcome
- come through(v = verb.social) bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" Sample sentence:
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The business is going to come through
The business is going to come through
THESAURUS
come through
achieve success, advance, arrive, be a success, be glimpsed, be safe, be so, be such, beat the game, beat the system, break through, bring about, bring off, bring to effect, bring to pass, carry into effect, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, chip in, come across, come across with, come along, come down with, come on, come out, come through with, come up fighting, come up smiling, contrive, cough up, cut a swath, dawn on, fare, fork over, fulfill, get across, get ahead, get along, get by, get on, get over, get there, get through, go along, go far, go on, go places, go through, grease the palm, have it made, implement, keep safe, kick in, lay on one, live through, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make headway, make it, make out, make the scene, manage, penetrate, persevere, pitch in, plunk down, pony up, post, progress, pull off, pull through, put across, put in practice, put into effect, put into practice, put over, put through, register, ride out, rise, shape up, sink in, soak in, stack up, stump up, subscribe, tickle the palm, tide over, translate into action, triumph, turn out, weather, weather out, weather the storm, win out, win through, work out
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