Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - come through

1. To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it. The city had faced racial crisis and come through it... PHRASAL VERB: no passive, V P n 2. If a feeling or message comes through, it is clearly shown in what is said or done. I hope my love for the material came through, because it is a great script... = come across PHRASAL VERB: V P 3. If something comes through, it arrives, especially after some procedure has been carried out. The news came through at about five o’clock on election day. PHRASAL VERB: V P 4. If you come through with what is expected or needed from you, you succeed in doing or providing it. He puts his administration at risk if he doesn’t come through on these promises for reform... We found that we were totally helpless, and our women came through for us. PHRASAL VERB: V P on/with n, V P for n