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Antonyms for come through

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhm
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒm

Definition of come through

Origin :
  • Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, past participle cumen), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cf. Old Saxon cuman, Old Frisian kuma, Middle Dutch comen, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Old Norse koma, Gothic qiman), from PIE root *gwa-, *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lithuanian gemu "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come").
  • The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed letters. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm. Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom.
  • Remarkably productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," come on (interj.) "be serious," and come off "occur." For sexual senses, see cum.
  • verb accomplish goal
  • verb survive bad situation
Example sentences :
  • She had come through so much that every nerve was crying in passionate protest.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Still, we have come through some storms, so let us hope for the best.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Thus, had he come through the hours, to the day when the fifty-two heads were to fall.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • At the best, victory can only come through much bloodshed and danger.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • And all this had to come through their defenseless interpreter—me.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • If I come through, perhaps I can make a fresh start somewhere.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • I've come through that, an' all the stink of it; I've come through sorrer.
  • Extract from : « Hall-Marked and Others (From Six Short Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • He looked backward from the heights above the tangle after they had come through it.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • Where was the letter found—the one that did not come through the mails?
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • "To hell with the plane, if you come through with yourself and those men," said the pilot.
  • Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter

Synonyms for come through

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