break through

break through
    v 1: pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through
         the 30,000 mark in the county" [syn: {break through},
         {crack}]
    2: penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue
       team broke through the wall in the mine shaft" [syn: {break
       through}, {come through}]
    3: break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted" [syn:
       {erupt}, {come out}, {break through}, {push through}]
    

47 Moby Thesaurus words for "break through":
      achieve success, advance, arrive, be a success, breach, break in,
      break into, break open, break out, burst in, bust in, cave in,
      come forth, come on, come out, come through, cut a swath, debouch,
      emerge, erupt, exit, find vent, force open, get ahead, get on,
      get there, go far, go places, have it made, issue, issue forth,
      leak out, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good,
      make headway, make it, make the scene, ooze out, prize open,
      progress, rise, run out, rupture, split open, stove in,
      tear open