Verb: come through kúm throo
- Penetrate
"The sun came through the clouds";
- break through
- Succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems
"We finally came through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister";
- get through
- Continue in existence after an adversity
"He came through the cancer against all odds";
- survive, pull through, pull round [Brit], make it
- Attain success or reach a desired goal
"The enterprise came through";
- succeed, win, bring home the bacon [informal], deliver the goods, come up trumps [Brit, informal], turn up trumps [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: comes through, come through, came through, coming through
Type of: act, appear, arrive at, attain, defeat, gain, get the better of, hit, make, move, overcome, reach