pull through

Make it through

To pull through is to survive or recover from a serious illness, injury, or difficult situation: The doctors weren't sure she'd make it, but she pulled through.

It can also mean to help someone survive such circumstances: Her family pulled her through the worst of it.

The phrase emphasizes emergence from crisis rather than the struggle itself.

recover

healing

Restoration of health

bounce back · rally · survive · mend · overcome · revive · resilience · restoration · recovery · heal

succeed

triumph

Resounding, celebrated victory

persevere · endure · make it · weather · surmount · manage · complete · finish · achieve · persistence

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Opposites
survival/recovery outcome

pull throughsuccumb

Yield to pressure

die · perish · pass away · expire · give up the ghost

success in adversity

pull throughfail

Be unsuccessful

give up · collapse · fall apart · go under · crumble

Family

pull, through, thorough, throughout, thoroughly, pulling, pulley, pulls, pulled

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G