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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

1. Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
   "He pulled through the cancer against all odds";
   - survive, pull round, 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: pulling through, pull-throughs, pulls through, pulled through

See also: come up

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

Encyclopedia: Pull-through