put through

English

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Verb

put through (third-person singular simple present puts through, present participle putting through, simple past and past participle put through)

1. (idiomatic) To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee).

   Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office.

2. (idiomatic) to cause to endure

   After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her.

3. (transitive, UK) To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening.
   • 2005 October 25, “Pete Doherty pens song for his football team”, in NME‎^[1]:

     Playing football brought people together – we’d play against any brick wall, on any kerb, or see if we could put the window through in the art department.

4. (transitive, soccer) To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity.
   • 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     Friedel again had to save as he parried a Patrice Evra shot before gathering the ball after the left-back had been put through by Ryan Giggs.

5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put,‎ through.

Derived terms

• put through the wringer
• put through the mangle
• put one through one's paces

Translations

to connect (telephoning)

• Azerbaijani: birləşdirmək (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接通 (zh) (jiētōng)

• Dutch: doorverbinden (nl)
• French: passer (fr)
• German: verbinden (de), durchstellen (de)
• Japanese: 繋ぐ (ja) (つなぐ, tsunagu)
• Korean: 바꿔주다 (bakkwo-juda)
• Russian: соединя́ть (ru) impf (sojedinjátʹ), соедини́ть (ru) pf (sojedinítʹ)
• Spanish: poner con (es)

Noun

put through (plural put throughs)

1. (finance) A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.

Anagrams

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