to manage to stay alive after you have been very ill or very badly injured
to succeed in a very difficult situation, or to help someone to do this
An experienced kite surfer died after he was pulled through the sea when he got into difficulty and failed to trigger the kite's emergency release system.
And he tells how he faced another battle after pulling through the deadly disease - learning how to speak again.
But he pulled through after an op to remove a tumour growing in an open wound in his head.
Don’t worry, your dad’s going to pull through.
He pulls through after surgery - but is left badly scarred.
He said the support of his fans had pulled him through.
I hope they all stay close and pull through this tragedy together.
It was thought he might not pull through after the accident.
She has now pulled through after two months recovering.
THE family of a coma victim told of their joy yesterday after he pulled through to see his baby daughter for the first time.
We've just got to stick together and pull through.
pulls through
pulling through
pulled through
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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