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Put through

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.
Verb
  1. 1
    To connect (a telephone caller) with the callee. idiomatic

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

  2. 2
    pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue wordnet
  3. 3
    to cause to endure idiomatic

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

  4. 4
    connect by telephone wordnet
  5. 5
    To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening. UK, transitive

    "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."

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  1. 6
    To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity. transitive

    "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."

  2. 7
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through.

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