put through

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• put through — {v. phr.} 1. To carry out; arrange. * /If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich./ 2. To connect (said of telephone calls). * /The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there is no direct …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put through — {v. phr.} 1. To carry out; arrange. * /If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich./ 2. To connect (said of telephone calls). * /The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there is no direct …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put through — transitive verb Date: 1888 1. to carry to a successful conclusion < put through a number of reforms > 2. a. to make a telephone connection for b. to obtain a connection for (a telephone call) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• put through — verb a) to connect Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office. b) to cause to endure After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why Im still with her …   Wiktionary

• To put through — Put Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• put through one's paces — {v. phr.}, {informal} To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. * /He put his new car through its paces./ * /Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put through one's paces — {v. phr.}, {informal} To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. * /He put his new car through its paces./ * /Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• put through its paces — verb To test completely; to exercise the full range of abilities or functions. Before buying the car, we put it through its paces …   Wiktionary

• put through the wringer — verb To interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal. They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire …   Wiktionary

• Put — Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Put — Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English