Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
come through you
English answer:
attack / assail you
Added to glossary by
S.J
Mar 10, 2022 22:11
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English term
come through you
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come through you
If you don't open this door, I'm coming through it, and then I'm gonna come through you.
Someone knocking the door and threating the man inside the flat. The material is British from Liverpool.
Thanks in advance,
Someone knocking the door and threating the man inside the flat. The material is British from Liverpool.
Thanks in advance,
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4 | attack / assail you | Lara Barnett |
4 | Come through you | Esther Owawa |
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attack / assail you
My impulse tells me that this is what the person means. It sounds like he/she is becoming irate because either the other person will not open the door, or suspects that they might not. It reminds of the slang expression, "to rip someone apart". So the outside guy is recommending that if he does not want his front door broken down, he had better open it.
I.E. the outside guy is after the inside guy for something, whether this is a verbal confrontation or a physical one, I do not know yet.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2022-03-11 15:48:42 GMT)
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Similar usage can be seen in the description of a similar conversation in a book review:
" 'Don’t pick a fight with me, you won’t come out alive. I'LL GO RIGHT THROUGH YOU, and you’ll end up on the floor.’ "
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n04/michael-wood/at-the-...
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Note added at 17 hrs (2022-03-11 16:00:48 GMT)
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Here is an example of the "rip" idea:
"Just how did this 'threat' play itself out? Conrad is purported to have said 'I am going to f-kg kill you! I will g-kg RIP THROUGH YOU!' And 'I will fucking own anyone on this flight; they are fucking peasants!' Threatening anyone with death is not a nice thing to do under any circumstances....."
https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/stupid-shit-conrad-...
I.E. the outside guy is after the inside guy for something, whether this is a verbal confrontation or a physical one, I do not know yet.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2022-03-11 15:48:42 GMT)
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Similar usage can be seen in the description of a similar conversation in a book review:
" 'Don’t pick a fight with me, you won’t come out alive. I'LL GO RIGHT THROUGH YOU, and you’ll end up on the floor.’ "
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n04/michael-wood/at-the-...
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Note added at 17 hrs (2022-03-11 16:00:48 GMT)
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Here is an example of the "rip" idea:
"Just how did this 'threat' play itself out? Conrad is purported to have said 'I am going to f-kg kill you! I will g-kg RIP THROUGH YOU!' And 'I will fucking own anyone on this flight; they are fucking peasants!' Threatening anyone with death is not a nice thing to do under any circumstances....."
https://graziadaily.co.uk/celebrity/news/stupid-shit-conrad-...
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8 hrs
Come through you
This is more of a threat considering the person would forcefully open the door in order to confront the person. Do not confuse "come through you" with "coming through for someone"...the latter means helping out but the former is a threat
Example sentence:
I will come through you if you fail to pay my money
Discussion
I suppose it's not impossible even that he is literally threatening to rape him — but that's really pretty unlikely, unless anything in the wider context suggests that; certainly, that sort of 'punishment' or 'torture' may be used as a threat, with all the implications it has of power and dominance.
"Come through" seems a slightly unusual expression to use, I feel sure it is probably only for symmetry with 'come through the door'.