Adjacent Words
come into one's owncome near
come of
come of age
come off
come off it
come on
come on to
come out
come out in
come out of the closet
come out with
come over
come round
come short
come to
come to a grinding halt
come to a head
come to grief
come to grips
come to grips with
come to hand
come to life
come to light
come to mind
come to nothing
come to one's self
come to oneself
come to pass
come to terms
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft" [syn: break through, come through]
2: succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" [syn: get through, come through]
3: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" [syn: survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it] [ant: succumb, yield]
4: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn: succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry]
Merriam Webster's
intransitive verb Date: 19141. to do what is needed or expected< came through in the clutch >2. to become communicated< the message came through loud and clear >
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
1. To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it. The city had faced racial crisis and come through it... PHRASAL VERB: no passive, V P n 2. If a feeling or message comes through, it is clearly shown in what is said or done. I hope my love for the material came through, because it is a great script... = come across PHRASAL VERB: V P 3. If something comes through, it arrives, especially after some procedure has been carried out. The news came through at about five o'clock on election day. PHRASAL VERB: V P 4. If you come through with what is expected or needed from you, you succeed in doing or providing it. He puts his administration at risk if he doesn't come through on these promises for reform... We found that we were totally helpless, and our women came through for us. PHRASAL VERB: V P on/with n, V P for n
Moby Thesaurus
achieve success, advance, arrive, be a success, be glimpsed, be safe, be so, be such, beat the game, beat the system, break through, bring about, bring off, bring to effect, bring to pass, carry into effect, carry into execution, carry off, carry out, carry through, chip in, come across, come across with, come along, come down with, come on, come out, come through with, come up fighting, come up smiling, contrive, cough up, cut a swath, dawn on, fare, fork over, fulfill, get across, get ahead, get along, get by, get on, get over, get there, get through, go along, go far, go on, go places, go through, grease the palm, have it made, implement, keep safe, kick in, lay on one, live through, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make headway, make it, make out, make the scene, manage, penetrate, persevere, pitch in, plunk down, pony up, post, progress, pull off, pull through, put across, put in practice, put into effect, put into practice, put over, put through, register, ride out, rise, shape up, sink in, soak in, stack up, stump up, subscribe, tickle the palm, tide over, translate into action, triumph, turn out, weather, weather out, weather the storm, win out, win through, work out
