The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pull \Pull\, v. i. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope.
To pull apart, to become separated by pulling; as, a rope will pull apart.
To pull up, to draw the reins; to stop; to halt.
To pull through, to come successfully to the end of a difficult undertaking, a dangerous sickness, or the like.
Usage examples of "to pull through".
Two of them were placed in receivership, another liquidated completely, and the fourth was able to pull through by switching to the manufacture of tablecloths and American flags.
I called there a couple of times, but Lucille said he was too sick to see anybody, the doctor wanted him kept very quiet, and maybe he wasn't going to pull through.
Though his family had experienced their fair share of rough times, and the flood of '61 where they'd suffered a severe loss of cattle, they'd always managed to pull through.
I'm sorry to put it this way, Sir, but he's either going to pull through, or he isn't.