Definition of "come through" in English

Verb

1. To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.

   • I can see Mr Smith now. Please ask him to come through.

2. To survive, to endure.

   • He came through the surgery unharmed.

3. To be communicated or expressed successfully.

   • The anger in her song really came through.
   • More information on the scandal is coming through now.

4. To provide information on something; to confess.

5. To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.

   • The team came through in the end and won the pennant.

6. To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something).

   • She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.
   • He really came through with a lawyer when we were in trouble.

7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ through.

   • This letter came through the letterbox.