pull-through

Nouns

(n) cleaning implement consisting of an oily rag attached by a cord to a weight; is pulled through the barrel of a rifle or handgun to clean it

Verbs

(v) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- He survived the cancer against all odds
make it, pull round, survive, come through,
(v) bring into safety
- We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
bring through, carry through, save,

Synonyms

make it pull round survive come through bring through carry through save

Antonyms

succumb yield

Words of close approximity