come through

1. 1.

   penetrate

   “The sun broke through the clouds”

   “The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft”

   Synonymsbreak through

   Broaderappear
2. 2.

   succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems

   “We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister”

   Synonymsget through

   Broaderreach
3. 3.

   continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

   “He survived the cancer against all odds”

   Synonymssurvivepull throughpull roundmake it

   Broaderget the better of
4. 4.

   attain success or reach a desired goal

   “The enterprise succeeded”

   “We succeeded in getting tickets to the show”

   “she struggled to overcome her handicap and won”

   Synonymssucceedwinbring home the bacondeliver the goods

   Narrowerhitpull offpassluck outnail downrunworkpan outachievearrive

Questions about come through

What does come through mean?

come through means "penetrate". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for come through?

Close synonyms include break through, get through, survive, pull through, pull round. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come through a common word?

come through is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.