phrasal verb · neutral
pull through
/pʊl θruː/PULL through
to recover from a serious illness or difficult situation
Examples
“The doctors worked hard and she pulled through after the surgery.”
“Despite financial difficulty, the family pulled through thanks to community support.”
“It was touch-and-go for a while, but he eventually pulled through.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the prognosis was poor, the patient pulled through after a difficult two-week battle in intensive care.”
Collocations
- pull through surgery/illness
- pull through despite
Word family
Common mistakes
pull over→pull through
to pull throughed→pulled through
Say it for a higher band
5get better→6recover→7+pull through
Synonyms
recover
survive
Easily confused
recover
“After the operation she recovered quickly and returned to work.”
survive
“He survived the accident but needed months of rehabilitation.”
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