come through

verb

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.

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.”

   “It was felt Liverpool's potent attack would provide their most severe test - and to come through against Jurgen Klopp's unbeaten side with a point will do wonders for belief and self-confidence.”

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.”

   “As our tour has shown, the state of ruination of castle sites was a key factor in their fate when the railways came through.”