come through

come through
come through
1. [for someone] to do what one is expected to do, especially under difficult conditions. •

You can depend on Jane. She'll always come through.

Tom came through at the last minute with everything we needed.

2. [for something] to be approved; [for something] to gain approval. •

Our mortgage loan approval finally came through!

Your papers came through, and you can be sure that the matter has been taken care of.

3. Go to come through (for someone or something). 4. Go to come through something. 5. Go to come through (with something).
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{v.}, {informal} To be equal to a demand; meet trouble or a sudden need with success; satisfy a need. * /When the baseball team needed a hit, Willie came through with a double./ * /John needed money for college and his father came through./

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  • come through — v. (D; intr.) to come through with ( to provide ) (he finally came through with the money) * * * [ kʌm θruː] (D; intr.) to come through with (he finally came through with the money; to provide ) …   Combinatory dictionary

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