A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

Note: 
Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase
run short of something
— use up almost all of smth.: The hi-
jacked plane was allowed to land at Kandahar airport because
the plane was running short of fuel.
come someone’s way • go someone’s way
come someone’s way —
1
. be met with or encountered: A cou-
ple of expressions have only come my way in the last month
or so. 2. present itself; become accessible to a person: If a
chance of traveling abroad came his way, he would be de-
lighted. 3. agree to smb.’s principles, course of action, etc.:
We are giving the Minister a rough ride so that he will come
our way and put matters right. 4. (of events, circumstances, etc.)
be favorable to a person: Don’t be a fool. Let’s push our luck,
now that things are coming our way.
go someone’s way —
1
. = come someone’s way 3: She will never
go my way — nor, I fear, shall I ever go hers. 2. = come some-
one’s way 4: If, as a child, things don’t go your way and you’re
miserable, you can make the point by screaming.
come through • go through
come through —
1
. arrive or appear: Her exam results have
just come through and she is going to college in Watford. 2.
show plainly: This message came through clearly in a discus-
sion with the company’s managers. 3. be received (by radio,
etc.): A report came through by telephone that they thought
another body had been spotted. 4. live in spite of danger or
difficulty: He was wounded once by shrapnel, but otherwise
came through unharmed. 5. do what is needed or expected:
Lynda is the greatest and always comes through! What we call
a major project, she considers a piece of cake.
go through —
1
. (of a law, etc.) be passed or approved: The
Bill went through unopposed after attracting cross-party sup-
port and the blessing of the Government. 2. (of a business deal,
etc.) be completed: Specify what work on the property you
want to be undertaken before the sale has gone through.