Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come through

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.52 in modern English

Syllables: come through
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.

verb

To survive, to endure.

verb

To be communicated or expressed successfully.

verb

To provide information on something; to confess.

Intransitive verb; Slang

verb

To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.

Intransitive verb

verb

To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something).

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.

Example Sentences

"I can see Mr Smith now. Please ask him to come through."
"He came through the surgery unharmed."
"The anger in her song really came through."
"More information on the scandal is coming through now."
"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."

Etymology

Conflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgh, a verb-adverb/preposition combination. Cf. German durchkommen, where the prefix is separable. Equivalent to come + through.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: þurȝcomyn

Usage

Inflected Forms

comes through (present, singular) coming through (participle, present) came through (past)

Synonyms

deliver break through get through succeed win bring home the bacon deliver the goods survive pull through pull round make it

Antonyms

disappoint fail

Questions

What does come through mean?: To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
Where does come through come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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