noun
Meaning 1
Misspelling of pull-through.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
pull through
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verb
Meaning 2
To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
bring into safety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: save, carry through, bring through
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: rescue, deliver
verb
Meaning 6
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He survived the cancer against all odds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: survive, pull round, come through, make it
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get the better of, overcome, defeat
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: wylizywać się — Translations
- Polish: wylizać się — Translations
- Spanish: pervivir — Translations
- Spanish: recuperarse — Translations
- Spanish: perseverar — Translations
- Spanish: prevalecer — Translations