to come through under pressure
- phrasal verb
- She came through under pressure and delivered a flawless presentation.
Examples
-
She always comes through under pressure!
-
He can always come through under pressure when the team needs him most.
-
Some athletes never come through under pressure, no matter how skilled they are.
-
Did you see how he came through under pressure?
-
The team really came through under pressure during the final minutes of the match and secured victory.
-
I was worried about the difficult presentation, but I came through under pressure and impressed everyone.
-
She came through under pressure when the deadline was tight, delivering a great report on time.
Synonyms
To deal with problems and difficult situations
To get through a hard time and be okay
Manage a difficult problem, situation or strong feeling
To survive a serious illness or danger, often with help from others, and start to get better
To overcome a difficulty after many tries and succeed
To keep going despite problems until you finish
Continue and finish a task with strong effort when it is hard or you are tired
Face a difficult task and succeed at it
To keep trying and do well despite difficult times
To deal with difficult situations calmly and successfully
Manage to get through a difficult situation
To continue to try hard even when things are difficult
Antonyms
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
come + through + under + pressure
The adverbial 'under pressure' is fully transparent (while stressed), but the core phrasal verb 'come through' involves a metaphorical extension from literal motion to 'manage or succeed' that is not entirely predictable from 'come' + 'through' for a B1 learner. Therefore the overall phrase is partially compositional — understandable with some inference but requiring prior exposure to the phrasal-verb sense.
Etymology
Come through under pressure paints a simple picture: imagine someone coming through a tight crowd while people push on them under pressure. So it means 'to do well' or 'to perform successfully' even when things are difficult or stressful.