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put through
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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)
- (idiomatic) To connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.
- Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office.
- (idiomatic) to cause to endure
- After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her.
- (transitive, UK) To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening.
- (transitive, soccer) To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through.
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to connect (telephoning)
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Noun
put through (plural put throughs)
- (finance) A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.
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