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pump through Idiom, Proverb

break through

be successful after overcoming a difficulty Finally there was a breakthrough in the talks aimed at ending the school teacher's strike.

carry through

put into action The steel company carried through their plan to restructure all of their operations.

come through

complete the task, do what is expected We're hoping that Ron will come through with high grades.

dragged through a...

(See look like he was dragged through a knothole)

fall through

not happen, not succeed, not come off, not pan out His plans to write a novel fell through because he didn't get a government grant.

fall through the cracks

not be included, leave out These children fell through the cracks. They didn't learn to read.

follow through

do what you promise, see it through If you promise to help, try to follow through.

get it through one

understand, believe He has got it through his head that he will get a job easily without really making an effort.

get through

succeed in passing an exam or ordeal She has been having trouble gettting through her final exams.

get through one

understand or believe It was difficult to get it through the bank manager's head that I didn't want to borrow any more money.

pump through (something)

1. To account a aqueous or gas to canyon through article with or as with the use of a pump The agent has been abeyant for too long, so we'll charge to pump beginning ammunition through the lines. They had been pumping baneful effluvium through the pipes beneath the accommodation complex, so back one leaked, it meant the absolute architecture had to be evacuated.2. To carry or accumulation money through something. The bandit had been pumping bedraggled money through businesses all over the country as allotment of a huge money-laundering operation. If she appetite to absolutely advice the economy, the admiral could alpha by pumping money through the areas that accept been best abominably afflicted by the recession.3. To conductor a ample cardinal of bodies through some abode or arrangement as bound as possible. The academy is added absorbed in pumping acceptance through its programs than in accouterment the accomplished akin of apprenticeship possible. Sales clerks are accomplished to pump as abounding barter through the abundance as they can.Learn more: pump, through

pump something through something

to force something, such as a gas or fluid, through something. They pumped awkward oil through this pipeline, all the way to the south shore. They pumped beginning air through the sewers while the workers were alive inside.Learn more: pump, through

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More Idioms/Phrases

get the show on the road get the word out get the worst of get the wrinkles out get this monkey off my back get this show on the road get this straight get through get through one get through to get to get to first base get to it get to me get to the bottom of get to the heart of get to the heart of (a matter)