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Pull round   /pʊl raʊnd/   Listen
Pull round

verb
1.
Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.).  Synonyms: come through, make it, pull through, survive.  Antonym: succumb.






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"Pull round" Quotes from Famous Books



... patient will do," the doctor said. "He is quieter and less feverish this evening. I think he will pull round; and now good bye! I think you have done right in giving yourself up. You are but a lad yet, and with good conduct, now that you are entered only as a vagabond, you will get leave to work outside the prison in two or three years, and get a permit to settle ...
— Condemned as a Nihilist - A Story of Escape from Siberia • George Alfred Henty

... the rope and hung on, and drew, cautiously, a deep breath. He looked round, and found that he had caught the painter as it dragged astern, and that the way of the boat was checked. Then Chippy heard a voice. 'Pull round a bit,' it asid; 'we shall soon see if he rises again ...
— The Wolf Patrol - A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts • John Finnemore

... says it is serious," the man answered, "but that with careful nursing he will pull round. We have just sent a telegram to a lady in Paris ...
— The Lost Ambassador - The Search For The Missing Delora • E. Phillips Oppenheim



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