PUT THROUGH


Meaning of PUT THROUGH in English

1.

When someone puts through someone who is making a telephone call, they make the connection that allows the telephone call to take place.

The operator will put you through...

He asked to be put through to Charley Lunn.

= connect

PHRASAL VERB : V n P , be V-ed P to n , also V P n (not pron)

2.

If someone puts you through an unpleasant experience, they make you experience it.

She wouldn’t want to put them through the ordeal of a huge ceremony...

PHRASAL VERB : V n P n

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