Tendency and state

～抜く

to do something all the way through, despite difficulty

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Attaches to a verb to show the action was carried through to the very end, usually against hardship.

Stresses endurance and thoroughness. The verb is often one that implies effort: 頑張る, 耐える, 考える.

最後までやり抜く覚悟がある。
さいごまでやりぬくかくごがある。
I am prepared to see it through to the end.
彼は苦しい練習に耐え抜いた。
かれはくるしいれんしゅうにたえぬいた。
He endured the hard training to the end.
考え抜いた末に、この会社を選んだ。
かんがえぬいたすえに、このかいしゃをえらんだ。
After thinking it through thoroughly, I chose this company.

～きる / ～きれない: きる also means 'to the end' (completion); 抜く adds the sense of pushing through hardship.