PULL ROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull round mean? 

• PULL ROUND (verb)
  The verb PULL ROUND has 1 sense:

1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

  Familiarity information: PULL ROUND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULL ROUND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come through; make it; pull round; pull through; survive

Context example:

He survived the cancer against all odds

Hypernyms (to "pull round" is one way to...):

defeat; get the better of; overcome (win a victory over)

"Pull round" entails doing...:

convalesce; recover; recuperate (get over an illness or shock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s