Lexic.us

Definition of Put through

1. Verb. Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue. "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"

2. Verb. Connect by telephone. "The operator put a call through to Rio"

Definition of Put through

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

2. Verb. (idiomatic) to cause to endure ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Put Through

put the blame on put the boot in put the cart before the horse put the cat among the pigeons put the clock back put the clock forward put the feedbag on put the hammer down put the kibosh on put the pedal to the metal

put the plug in the jug put the wind up put through (current term) put through its paces put through the mangle put through the wringer put to put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death

put to rest put to sleep put to the sword put to the test put to use put to work put together

Literary usage of Put through

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... for communicating motion to the handle of the regulator, to which it is fixed by means of a flit in the latter, and fome pins put through to ..."

2. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"He went to the capital of Albany, paid his personal respects to the members, distributed amongst them eight thousand dollars, got his bill put through both ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1857)
"It is then taken by other devices and bent at the middle of its length, and then, by hand, put through another link and placed in another part of the ..."

4. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"The writer has not only seen the Esparto taken from the bale and put through all the processes of manufacture into fine printing and writing papers, ..."

5. Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies by Edward Lee Thorndike (1911)
"In the first four experiments with No. i there was some struggling and agitation on his part while being held and put through the act. ..."

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