put through
- Verb (transitive):
- To connect (a telephone caller) to another line or person: This meaning refers specifically to the action of a telephone operator or system completing a connection for a call.
- To cause someone to undergo or experience something (often difficult or unpleasant): This meaning refers to subjecting someone to a process, ordeal, or experience.
- To carry out, complete, or implement something successfully: This meaning refers to bringing a plan, process, or action to a conclusion.
Verb (Connecting a call): "Could you please put me through to the manager?" (The speaker is asking to be connected to the manager's telephone line.) "The operator put the call through to the emergency services." (The operator connected the caller to the emergency services.)
Verb (Causing to undergo): "The recruits were put through a rigorous training program." (The recruits were made to experience a very tough training program.) "He put his car through a series of demanding tests." (He subjected his car to a series of challenging tests.)
Verb (Carrying out successfully): "The team worked hard to put the new policy through." (The team worked to successfully implement the new policy.) "She managed to put the deal through despite the last-minute complications." (She succeeded in completing the deal.)
"to put someone through something": To make someone endure a difficult experience. "The interview process really put me through it." (The interview process was a very difficult experience for me.)
"to put a call through": To connect a telephone call. This is a fixed phrase. "I'm trying to put your call through now, sir." (I am currently attempting to connect your call.)
- Put-through (noun): Used in finance and telecommunications to describe a completed transaction or connection.
- Connect (for telephone usage): To link telephonically.
- Subject to (for causing to undergo): To cause to experience.
- Carry out / Implement / Execute (for completing successfully): To accomplish or bring to fruition.
- Put over: To communicate successfully or to postpone. (Note: Different meaning).
- Put across: To communicate an idea effectively. (Note: Different meaning).
- "Put through the wringer": To subject someone to a very stressful or difficult experience.
- connect by telephone
- the operator put a call through to Rio
- pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
- Did he go through with the treatment?
- He implemented a new economic plan
- She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal