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pull through
verb
1. bring into safety
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We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

• Syn: ↑save, ↑carry through, ↑bring through
• Derivationally related forms: ↑savior (for: ↑save)
• Hyponyms: ↑rescue, ↑deliver
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

2. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
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He survived the cancer against all odds

• Syn: ↑survive, ↑pull round, ↑come through, ↑make it
• Ant: ↑succumb (for: ↑survive)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑survivor (for: ↑survive), ↑survival (for: ↑survive)
• Hypernyms: ↑get the better of, ↑overcome, ↑defeat
• Entailment: ↑recuperate, ↑recover, ↑convalesce
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

 (for: ↑survive)
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The business is going to pull through


Useful english dictionary. 2012.