单词 | come through |
释义 | > as lemmasto come through to come through 1. intransitive. a. To emerge from a difficult or challenging situation; to survive a serious illness or comparable ordeal; to pull through. Cf. to come through —— at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > preaching > conversion > convert [verb (intransitive)] turnc1225 converta1400 to come through1708 to get religion1772 to see the light1812 to experience religion1837 vert1888 to find religion (also Christ, God, Jesus, etc.)1957 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > succeed in doing anything > succeed under difficulties win through1644 to come through1708 to pull through1830 pull1856 to fetch through1912 to hack it1936 1708 W. Wilson in A. Ferrier Mem. Rev. W. Wilson (1830) 43 I pray that God may..give me prudence and resolution to apply my mind to my study, that I may not linger, but come through with credit and success. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish i. 12 The poor lassie was very ill—nobody thought she could come through. 1886 A. Edwardes Playwright's Daughter xvi. 181 You will do as I tell you, and, please God, shall come through without a singe. 1906 Sketch 30 May 220/2 That slow movement is the test of a good many violinists; and therefore the fact that this young fellow came through with flying colours is all the more admirable. 1917 D. H. Lawrence (title) Look! we have come through! 2013 Queensland Times (Nexis) 7 Oct. 5 There's a chance she could come through and live a normal life. b. U.S. regional (southern, chiefly in African-American usage). To experience religious conversion, esp. at a revival meeting. Now rare. ΚΠ 1868 Amer. Missionary Aug. 181/1 He was thrown into great doubt and distress because he did not shout when he ‘come through’ as they do in Mr. —— meetings. 1881 H. W. Pierson In Brush 172 They could scarcely speak for hoarseness—enjoyed seeing them ‘come through’ (the vernacular for conversion). 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xv. 494 Pretty soon it began to look like she was going to come through as Amos Hurd did when he was redeemed. 1947 Democrat 3 July 4/2 in M. M. Mathews Dict. Americanisms (1961) 364/2 The prospect would usually ‘come through’ after the performance. 2010 N. Cohodas Princess Noire xii. 144 The truth entered into me and I ‘came through’. 2. intransitive. a. Of something sent, transmitted, etc.: to be received; to arrive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive > specifically of things arrive1525 to come through1847 1847 Zion's Herald & Wesleyan Jrnl. 24 Mar. 47/4 The following news came through by telegraph for the Evening Gazette. 1891 Daily News 9 Apr. 7/1 Some twenty or thirty men, who were crowding round a ‘tape machine’..waiting for the result of the second race of the day to come through. 1959 P. Frank Alas, Babylon vi. 118 The word came through that Washington had been atomized. 1981 Cycle World Feb. 67/3 A day or so before the run a letter came through that okayed women. 2014 Church Times 12 Dec. 6/2 When the call..comes through, he climbs on to his motorbike and drives off into the night. b. Of a decree, licence, etc.: to be made official; to be granted. ΚΠ 1918 Official Rep. 5th National Foreign Trade Convent. 123 By the time your license comes through you find you can't purchase that material there. 1920 Washington Post 14 Mar. (Sunday Mag.) 5/2 He remembered having heard some talk of a divorce,..hotly contested by her husband, whose blameless mode of living was the serious drawback which prevented the divorce coming through. 1953 A. Smith Blind White Fish in Persia x. 204 Our Yugoslavian visas had not come through. 1999 Which? Jan. 27/2 If you opt for life insurance, write it ‘in trust’ for a family member. They'll then be able to access the money without having to wait for probate to come through. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 June d4/6 Until its liquor license comes through, the bar is confined to ‘nojitos’ and other nonalcoholic drinks. 3. intransitive. To become evident or apparent; to emerge; to show itself prominently or favourably. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [verb (intransitive)] > slightly to prove wellc1387 peep1579 smell1837 to come through1868 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible ariseOE to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225 'peara1382 appear1382 kithea1400 to show out?a1425 muster?1435 to come forthc1449 to look outa1470 apparish1483 to show forth1487 come1531 to come out?1548 peer1568 to look through1573 glimpse1596 loom1605 rise1615 emicate1657 emike1657 present1664 opena1691 emerge1700 dawn1744 to come down the pike1812 to open out1813 to crop out1849 unmask1858 to come through1868 to show up1879 to come (etc.) out of thin air1932 surface1961 1868 St. Paul's Mag. July 485 Scratch an amateur actor as you would a Russian, and the Tartar vanity will come through. 1931 K. A. Porter Let. 28 Aug. (1990) i. 50 I think I have a very short short-story out of it..but the distressing thing is, nothing seems to come through. 1947 L. Hastings Dragons are Extra ix. 200 An attractive personality that ‘came through’. 1977 Times 2 Nov. 16/1 For me, the local tang comes through in phrases like..‘let me put it in monosyllables’. 2015 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 29 Jan. 22 The project was quite interesting. The teachers' personalities really came through. 4. intransitive. Originally U.S. To act as desired or expected; to provide required information, money, support, etc.Recorded earliest in to come through with the goods. Cf. to deliver (also come up with, produce) the goods at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 7a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > be efficacious [verb (intransitive)] workOE availa1400 makea1400 prevaila1400 to hit the nail upon (or on) the headc1450 effect1592 serve1593 to tickle it1601 take1611 executea1627 to have force (to do)1713 answer1721 to take place1789 to do the trick1819 to hit (also go to, touch, etc.) the spot1836 produce1881 to press (also push) the button1890 to come through1906 to turn the trick1933 to make a (also the) point1991 1906 Munic. Affairs (Los Angeles) Oct. 2/2 We doubt if even the chairman of the late Republican convention would advocate that we go back to the open ballot of our grandfathers' time to make sure that the voters ‘come through with the goods’. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch ii. 33 I have been told that Clarke was the most relieved man in seven counties when O'Toole came through with that victory in Boston. 1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 25 Come through,..to give up, to deliver, to surrender any secret information or any material goods demanded. 1949 J. B. Priestley Home is Tomorrow i. 2 Dayton. Can't tell you yet. Jill. When can you? Dayton. Soon. Depends on you, though. When you come through, then I'll come through. 1969 R. V. Beste Next Time I'll Pay iii. 35 I had to twist his arm a bit but he came through. 2014 Daily Mirror 13 Apr. 41 Kate really came through for her sister and demonstrated..what she was capable of. to come through —— to come through —— intransitive. To emerge from (a difficult or challenging situation, experience, etc.); to survive (a serious illness or comparable ordeal). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > recover (health) [verb (transitive)] > recover from (an illness) recoverc1330 overseta1600 to come through ——1655 to get over ——1662 overgeta1729 overa1800 overcast1830 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > take on or reach a state or condition [verb (transitive)] > emerge from a state to come out of ——lOE to come through ——1655 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > pass through (danger or adversity) passa1325 to wear out1617 weathera1631 to come through ——1655 survive1717 to live out1719 overa1800 1655 F. Howgill in E. Burrough & F. Howgill To Camp of Lord in Eng. 21 Oh yee who have come through great tribulation! 1736 J. Duchal Serm. Death H. Scot 24 Few have come through the dangerous Years of Childhood and Youth so unspotted. 1775 J. Howie Biographia Scoticana 604 He had come through many tribulations.., in all which he was still kept faithful in testifying for the word of Christ's patience. 1804 Lady's Mag. Jan. 319 Edmund.., after having come through the ordeal ‘pure as gold seven times tried’, is pronounced not guilty. 1895 G. A. Henty Through Russ. Snows xv. 322 I cannot but share your wonder how my brother..came through it safely, while tens of thousands of men..fell and died along the road. 1915 R. Pulitzer Over Front in Aeroplane 39 The shrapnel scars on the horse of Jeanne d'Arc, which ended the myth that this statue had come through the whole bombardment miraculously untouched. 1958 B. Behan Borstal Boy i. 81 He..had come through Borstal institutions, mostly, I would say, by sucking up to bullying big bollixes the likes of James. 1976 A. F. Douglas-Home Way Wind Blows xvi. 219 He came through the debates with a greatly enhanced reputation as a Parliamentarian. 2015 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Apr. 27 You can come through cancer, reach the other side and life can be good again. < as lemmas |
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