Sekirov Dictionary

pull-through

noun 3
pull through verb 3
forms 5

noun3

An exercise in which weight is pulled via a cable passed between the legs.
A length of cord about a metre long with a narrow cylindrical weight at one end and loops at the other. Used for cleaning rifle barrels, by pulling through a piece of cloth.
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The trick of apparently cutting the cards while leaving the deck in the same sequence as before.
- THE PULL-THROUGH is used for a crooked shuffle to keep the cards stacked. — 1942

pull through verb3

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To come through pain and trouble through perseverance.
- Dr. Gilman's race horse was bad last week; fortunately Mr. Verney, the District Veterinary Surgeon, succeeded in pulling him through. — 1901
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To assist someone through difficulties, injury, pain, etc.
- "Dr. Van-Herne is confident of pulling Godfrey through, isn't he?" — 1936
To clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through.

forms

pulled through · pulling through · pulls through · pull throughs · pull-throughs

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