pull through
Noun
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Noun
pull through (plural pull throughs)
- 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.
pull through
- to come through pain and trouble through perseverance
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- At one time it looked as though he could not live more than a few hours, and I am convinced that it was only through the Dutchman's doggedness that he pulled through.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 26,
- to clean the barrel of a firearm using a pull through
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