coming 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.
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.
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.

   Synonyms:

   deliver

   Antonyms:

   disappoint, fail

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