pulled through
Came out okay
Pulled through means survived or recovered from a serious difficulty, illness, or crisis.
The image is of being dragged safely to the other side of danger: The surgery was risky, but she pulled through.
It can also describe helping someone survive: The doctors pulled him through.
- perseveredContinued despite difficulty
- overcameDefeated or mastered
- beat the oddsSucceed despite unfavorable likelihood
- made itAchieved success or survival
- comebackRecovery after decline
fought back · rescued · touch and go · close call · conquered · bounced back · against all odds · survival · recovery · endurance · surmounted · extracted · grit · triumph · threaded · determination · prevailed · towed
- reliefrelief, phew, whew, ease, easing
- close callsclose call, near miss, narrow escape, close shave, nick of time
- enduredsurvived, endured, weathered, withstood, tolerated
survival/recovery outcome
pulled throughsuccumbed
Stopped resisting, gave way
died · passed away · perished · lost the battle · gave up the ghost
pulled, through, pull, pulls, pulling, puller, pullers, thorough, thoroughly