Grammar fix
pull through
survive illness or crisis
To get better after a serious illness, or to survive a very difficult situation.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
Despite the economic downturn, the company managed to pull through and emerge stronger than before.
Many experts argue that communities with strong social ties are more likely to pull through in times of crisis, such as natural disasters or economic hardship.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: We'll pull it through.
Say: We'll pull through.
'Pull through' stands alone — you don't 'pull something through' in this sense.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Pull through' compactly means come out the other side of hardship; the formal version is flat.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
pull through + adversity
- somehow
- in the end
- together
- despite it