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put through
verb
to carry out to a conclusion
he put through his plan
(also preposition) to organize the processing of
she put through his application to join the organization
to connect by telephone
to make (a telephone call)
Idioms and Phrases
Bring to a successful conclusion, as in We put through a number of new laws . [Mid-1800s]
Make a telephone connection, as in Please put me through to the doctor . [Late 1800s]
Cause to undergo, especially something difficult or troublesome, as in He put me through a lot during this last year . The related expression, put someone through the wringer , means “to give someone a hard time,” as in The lawyer put the witness through the wringer . The wringer alluded to is the old-fashioned clothes wringer, in which clothes are pressed between two rollers to extract moisture. [First half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
Each of the witnesses was put through filmed reconstructions of the event on a Ukrainian army shooting range.
her parents were put through on that day – and in the years since – goes a long way to explaining why maternity services in England have failed so many families.
After the hearing Ms MacVicar told BBC Scotland News she had been put through "three years of hell" but was pleased to have the money back to help cancer patients.
"The passage of this bill has been a long and careful process starting in 2022 and has been properly consulted on, scrutinised and put through a full parliamentary process," Dr Allinson says.
When he was put through to someone, Paul was told he had unpaid "marketing expenses".
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