Dictionary

come through en · VERB

Pronunciation

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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.

Meanings

1. 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.
2. (idiomatic) To survive, to endure.
   • He came through the surgery unharmed.
3. To be communicated or expressed successfully.
   • More information on the scandal is coming through now.
   • The anger in her song really came through.
4. (intransitive, slang) To provide information on something; to confess.
5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.
   • The team came through in the end and won the pennant.
   • It was felt Liverpool's potent attack would provide their most severe test - and to come through against Jurgen Klopp's unbeaten side with a point will do wonders for belief and self-confidence. 2018 November 3, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
6. (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).
   • He really came through with a lawyer when we were in trouble.
   • She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.
7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.
   • This letter came through the letterbox.
   • As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through. 2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56:

Forms

Antonyms

fail · disappoint

Synonyms

deliver