to come through
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3.3
- phrasal verb
- /kʌm θru/
:
llegar
- The need for audio amplification systems is coming through loud and clear.
This is a leaked voice message you can see came through on WhatsApp.
- This is a leaked voice message you can see came through on WhatsApp.
- So all of this came through five months ago.
- I think that's when what comes through US becomes potentized and amplified.
- And this is basically the concept now coming through that.
Examples
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We need to discuss something that's just come through.
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But there was one horrible moment tonight when the news came through.
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The sound is now coming through the actual laptop itself.
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And then he finally locked in, solid, the signal coming through clear and sharp.
Fiction book (1998) -
Why don't you check to see if the code came through?
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A fax came through on the secure channel.
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Last night, word had come through about a shop that had a stash of killer tops.
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Mr. Conner, there's a call coming through for you.
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It's coming through now.
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The signal came through clearly after we adjusted the antenna.
Synonyms
902
2.4
To arrive and be received, for example news or donations
155
2.6
To reach someone by phone or message
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to be successfully received' is directly derivable from combining 'come' (to arrive) with 'through' (moving across or through a medium): a message that 'comes through' has arrived across the channel. This is a transparent motion-to-transmission mapping common in English and found in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the sense.
Etymology
Come through: Think of an old radio or phone where a voice or signal seems to come 'through' the speaker and reach the listener on the other side. That's why come through now means 'to be received' or 'to get through' when we talk about messages and signals'.