pull through (sth)
— phrasal verb with pull uk/pʊl/us/pʊl/verb
to become well again after a serious illness, especially when you might have died:
They said the operation had been successful and they expected his wife to pull through.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Recovering from illness
- be on the mend idiom
- bounce
- bounce back
- clear (sth) up
- come round
- convalescence
- convalescent
- correct
- feel like a new woman/man idiom
- get over sth/sb
- heal
- hold
- lacunar
- mend
- new
- pull
- recuperate
- rehab
- rehabilitation
- rose
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