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 series that shot presenter Amelia Dimoldenberg to stratospheric fame, Chicken Shop Date, is coming to an end.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
The video immediately sparked concerns from followers that Dimoldenberg was hinting at the show coming to an end.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming to

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Now, the family of one Canton, Georgia woman is holding out hope that she will be found as rescue officials continue to search through debris left by one of the most severe natural disasters in the region.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
The state has already sued one sheriff's agency for holding out.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 1 Sep. 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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