WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pull through v 1: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" [syn: survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it] [ant: succumb, yield] 2: bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" [syn: save, carry through, pull through, bring through]