Synonyms for pull through
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pool |
| Phonetic Transcription : pÊŠl |
Définition of pull through
Origin :- c.1300, "to move forcibly by pulling, to drag," from Old English pullian "to pluck off (wool), to draw out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Low German pulen "remove the shell or husk," Frisian pûlje "to shell, husk," Middle Dutch polen "to peel, strip," Icelandic pula "work hard."
- Early 14c. as "to pick, pull off, gather" (fruit, flowers, berries, leaves, petals, etc.); mid-14c. as "to uproot, pull up" (of teeth, weeds, etc.). Sense of "to draw, attract" (to oneself) is from c.1400; sense of "to pluck at with the fingers" is from c.1400. Meaning "tear to pieces" is mid-15c. By late 16c. it had replaced draw in these senses. Related: Pulled; pulling.
- Common in slang usages 19c.-20c.; Bartlett (1859) has to pull foot "walk fast; run;" pull it "to run." To pull up "check a course of action" is from 1808, figurative of the lifting of the reins in horse-riding. To pull (someone's) chain in figurative sense is from 1974, perhaps on the notion of a captive animal; the expression was also used for "to contact" (someone), on the notion of the chain that operates a signaling mechanism.
- To pull (someone's) leg is from 1882, perhaps on notion of "playfully tripping" (cf. pull the long bow "exaggerate," 1830, and pulling someone's leg also sometimes was described as a way to awaken a sleeping person in a railway compartment, ship's berth, etc.). Thornton's "American Glossary" (1912) has pull (n.) "a jest" (to have a pull at (someone)), which it identifies as "local" and illustrates with an example from the Massachusetts "Spy" of May 21, 1817, which identifies it as "a Georgian phrase." To pull (one's) punches is from 1920 in pugilism, from 1921 figuratively. To pull in "arrive" (1892) and pull out "depart" (1868) are from the railroads.
- To pull (something) off "accomplish, succeed at" is originally in sporting, "to win the prize money" (1870). To pull (something) on (someone) is from 1916; to pull (something) out of one's ass is Army slang from 1970s. To pull rank is from 1919; to pull the rug from under (someone) figuratively is from 1946.
- verb recover
- Either I'd pull through or I wouldn't, and the odds were—well, I didn't say much.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The men will pull through, you know—trust Mlle. Malo for that!
- Extract from : « Coming Home » by Edith Wharton
- Could it be possible that he should "pull through" after all?
- Extract from : « Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite » by Anthony Trollope
- Still, he is a soldier and a very resourceful man and he may pull through.
- Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
- There are two men who are in a bad way, but I think they'll pull through with rest.'
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- I thought at one time he might pull through, but it was no use.
- Extract from : « Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales » by Charles B. Cory
- At the same time I saw no reason why you should not pull through, and told him so.
- Extract from : « Margarita's Soul » by Ingraham Lovell
- An opening appears in the reef—we pull through it and land easily.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Mary Rose » by William H. G. Kingston
- A man with a constitution like yours can pull through a worse illness than this.
- Extract from : « Shifting Winds » by R.M. Ballantyne
- "The patient will pull through this attack," he said briskly.
- Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck
Antonyms for pull through
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