PULLING THROUGH Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

pulling through

verb

present participle of pull through

as in coming to

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as in holding out

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The Syrian civil war that began during that period eventually saw the demise of the Assad regime – Hafez’s son Bashar had continued his father’s hard-line legacy after coming to power in 2000.

— Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
The United States is the canal’s biggest user — about 70% of all the goods moving through it are coming to or going from the US.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming to

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One of those holding out hope is kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted from her home at age 14 in 2002 and rescued nine months later.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Aug. 2026
Forwark is holding out for hers — especially after watching her best friend, who’d been on dating apps since 2012, meet the love of her life on Hinge this year at 40.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of holding out

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The first big wreck came when David Malukas went into the wall and Sting Ray Robb could do little to avoid crashing into him coming around a turn.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
The wheel went over in 2023 and the ship is already coming around, whatever the water beside the hull looks like.

— Tony Julianelle, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming around

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These tags look like an antenna sticking out of a small rectangular box, and staff used eyelash glue to stick them to the back of the butterflies.

— Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
Rhaenyra is called into her chambers to find the window open, and Helaena impaled dead on the spikes below, one spike garrishly sticking out of her neck.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of sticking out

Verb

There’s nothing wrong with holding on to childhood and being a little immature from time to time.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 22 Aug. 2026
That puts me in the same boat as many millennials and Gen Zers holding on to the family phone plan, one of their last financial ties to their parents.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of holding on

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