come through

present singular third person comes through · participle present coming through · past came through

1. To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.

   I can see Mr Smith now. Please ask him to come through.

2. idiomaticTo survive, to endure.

   He came through the surgery unharmed.

3. To be communicated or expressed successfully.

   The anger in her song really came through.

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   More information on the scandal is coming through now.

4. intransitiveslangTo provide information on something; to confess.
5. idiomaticintransitiveTo succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.

   The team came through in the end and won the pennant.

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   It was felt Liverpool's potent attack would provide their most severe test - and to come through against Jurgen Klopp's unbeaten side with a point will do wonders for belief and self-confidence.

   2018 November 3, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

6. To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something).

   He really came through with a lawyer when we were in trouble.

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   She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.

   Synonyms: deliver · Antonyms: disappoint, fail

7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.

   This letter came through the letterbox.

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   As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.

   2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 56