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pulls through

pulls through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull through.

Meaning of pull through

Verb

pull through (third-person singular simple present pulls through, present participle pulling through, simple past and past participle pulled through)

  1. (intransitive) To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
    • There was once a poor, very poor widow, who had an only son. She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 215
  2. (transitive) To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.
    • "Dr. Van-Herne is confident of pulling Godfrey through, isn't he?"1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 176
  3. (transitive) To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.

Questions about pulls through

What is pulls through the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull through.

Words near pulls through in the dictionary

  1. pulls the shutters down
  2. pulls the string
  3. pulls the trigger
  4. pulls the wires
  5. pulls the wool over someone's eyes
  6. pulls through
  7. pulls time
  8. pulls to publish
  9. pulls together
  10. pulls tongues
  11. pulls up

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