# come through

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
2. To survive, to endure.
3. To be communicated or expressed successfully.
4. To provide information on something; to confess.
5. To succeed; to survive and overcome struggles.
6. To not let somebody down, keep or fulfil one's word or promise; to deliver (something).
7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, through.

## Etymology
Conflation of Middle English þurȝcomyn (v. inf.), with inseparable prefix, and comen thurgh, a verb-adverb/preposition combination. Cf. German durchkommen, where the prefix is separable. Equivalent to come + through.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/come-through