pull through
English
Noun
pull through (plural pull throughs)
Verb
pull through (third-person singular simple present pulls through, present participle pulling through, simple past and past participle pulled through)
- to come through pain and trouble through perseverance
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- to clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through
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