English phrasal verb – “pull through” ❤️🩹
This phrasal verb means to recover from an illness or a dangerous or difficult situation.
It is extremely common when referring to recovering from health issues.
For example – “My grandmother was very ill in hospital for a while but she managed to pull through.”
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Stargate SG-1 – Season 10, Episode 17 (2007)
In this scene, one of the main characters Teal’c is in a hospital bed after being wounded in a bomb attack. His doctor tells him that she was worried he wouldn’t be able to walk again but that she thinks he will pull through.
“Pull through” is used to convey the doctor’s belief that he will be able to recover and most importantly be able to walk again.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
In this comedic scene, Sir Lancelot’s loyal squire Concorde is impaled by an arrow in his chest. Lancelot tells Concorde that his death will not be in vain to which Concorde replies that he thinks he can pull through.
Concorde uses “pull through” to tell Lancelot that he believes he can recover from his injury.
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Set it off (1996)
In this scene, one of the main characters T.T is desperately waiting to hear how her son is doing after he accidentally poisoned himself. The doctor arrives and tells her that he thinks he is going to pull through just fine.
The use of “pull through” here means the doctor expects T.T’s son to fully recover from the poisoning.
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Murder, She Baked: A Deadly Recipe (2016)
A character named Lisa, is being questioned about her friend Paige’s potential involvement in a murder. Lisa tells the detectives that Paige went through a tough time and pulled through when referring to her ex-boyfriend in high school dying in a car accident.
“Pull through” is used here to refer to Paige overcoming this particular difficult period in her life.