1. Cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight; is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it
   "The soldier used a pull-through to clean his rifle after target practice"

1. Continue in existence after an adversity
   "He pulled through the cancer against all odds";
   - survive, pull round [Brit], come through, make it
    
2. Bring into safety
   "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack";
   - save, carry through, bring through

Derived forms: pulled through, pulls through, pull-throughs, pulling through

Type of: act, cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement, defeat, get the better of, move, overcome

Encyclopedia: Pull-through