phrasal verb · neutral

come through

/kʌm θruː/COME·through

speakingtask2

to perform successfully under pressure; to be delivered or transmitted

Examples

When it mattered most, she came through and produced the data on time.

The documents finally came through by email.

He came through his illness and is back at work.

Band 8 sentence

Although resources were limited, the research team came through and produced a publishable paper within the year.

Collocations

  • come through for someone
  • come through with

Word family

come through verbcame through verb (past)coming through verb (gerund)

Common mistakes

He come through in the exam.He came through in the exam.

He came off and helped us.He came through and helped us.

Say it for a higher band

5deliver6pull through7+come through

Synonyms

deliver

perform under pressure

Easily confused

come off

Despite the bad weather, the outdoor festival came off as planned.

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