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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. penetrate;
- Example: "The sun broke through the clouds"
- Example: "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft"
[syn: break through, come through]

2. succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems;
- Example: "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"
[syn: get through, come through]

3. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.);
- Example: "He survived the cancer against all odds"
[syn: survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it]

4. attain success or reach a desired goal;
- Example: "The enterprise succeeded"
- Example: "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"
- Example: "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
[syn: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

come through v 1: penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft" [syn: break through, come through] 2: succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" [syn: get through, come through] 3: 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] 4: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry]