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to bring through

to bring through

4 4.3
Help someone survive or recover from a dangerous situation
  • phrasal verb
  • /brɪŋ θru/
translation icon : sacar adelante
  • With determination and teamwork, we can bring everyone through this challenging project successfully.
  • brought us safely through
  • brought the family through
  • want to bring him through

And he brought me through this thing like you wouldn't please.

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Examples

  • If He hasn't brought you through it, He's currently pulling you through it right now.

  • She was the one who had brought the family through the worst years.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I will bring us through this.

  • The music has brought me through some really hard times.

    Blog text (11)
  • Anyone who has brought somebody through Hospice or through a long battle with an illness will know this.

  • He has brought me through too much for me to ever doubt Him.

    Blog text (1)
  • And the strength and tenacity that have brought you through the last year will help you in that pursuit.

  • The current Sirius XM Board and Mr. Karmazin have brought the company through some very trying times, with exceptional results.

    Blog text (17)
  • Olivia Walton (Michael Learned, "The Waltons," CBS, 1972-79): Full of compassion, the mother of the large Walton brood also had the backbone to bring her family through the Depression.

    Blog text (5)
  • The support from her friends helped to bring her through the difficult times after the loss.

Synonyms

to save
vsto bring through
1.0

Rescue someone or something from danger

emphasizes helping a person recover or get to safety rather than general rescue
to pull through
vsto bring through
53 3.9

To survive a serious illness or danger, often with help from others, and start to get better

focuses on actively helping someone to reach safety rather than self-recovery
to come through for
vsto bring through
  • Informal
26 3.5

To help someone when they need it most

means actively ensuring survival or recovery rather than only offering support
to carry through
vsto bring through
4 3.9

To help someone get out of a dangerous or very difficult situation

has identical meaning and focus on helping someone reach safety
to bring around
vsto bring through
2 5.3

To make someone conscious again after fainting or illness

covers broader rescue to survival and reaching a safe place

Antonyms

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

124 3.7

To put someone or something in danger of harm

How Safe

to rescue
633 1.0
to save
1.0
to bring through
4 4.3
to help
1.0

Surface Forms

bring through infinitive
bringing through present participle
brings through third person singular
brought through past participle

Morphology

bring + through

The sense 'help someone survive/recover' is partially inferable from 'bring' (to cause to come) + 'through' (to the other side/completion): conceptually it pictures moving someone across a difficult event. The usage is a metaphorical extension of literal movement and the medical/survival nuance may not be fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure, so it is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Bring through may come from the picture of physically bringing someone through a dangerous place, like carrying or guiding them out to safety. So, it now means 'to help someone survive or recover'.