come through

Verb

come through (third-person singular simple present comes through, present participle coming through, simple past came through, past participle come 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. (idiomatic) To survive, to endure.
   • He came through the surgery unharmed.
3. To be communicated or expressed successfully.
   • The anger in her song really came through.
   • More information on the scandal is coming through now.
4. (intransitive, slang) To provide information on something; to confess.
5. (idiomatic, intransitive) To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.
   • The team came through in the end and won the pennant.
   • 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).
   • She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.
   • He really came through with a lawyer when we were in trouble.

   Synonyms:

   deliver

   Antonyms:

   disappoint, fail

7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.
   • This letter came through the letterbox.
   • 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