come through

verb

came through; come through; coming through; comes through

intransitive verb

1
: to do what is needed or expected
came through in the clutch
2
a
: to be expressed
a writer whose personality comes through clearly in her writing
b
: to be communicated
a message that came through loud and clear
With the press of a tiny button on the aid, sound comes through to people with impaired hearing with even greater clarity than can be heard by someone with normal hearing.Jane E. Brody

Examples of come through in a Sentence

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Fleck said approximately 100 NFL scouts have come through the U’s Larson Football Performance Center over the course of this season. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024 Trump’s most direct way to influence the Fed will come through appointments of key personnel in coming years. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 And then some of it came through my people, G. Huff. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024 City officials say nearly 43,000 migrants came through Denver’s shelter program over the span of two years. Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for come through 

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of come through was in 1906

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“Come through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20through. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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