单词 | put through |
释义 | Example sentences from the Web for put through
put throughSEE SYNONYMS FOR put through ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, mainly adverb)to carry out to a conclusionhe put through his plan (also preposition) to organize the processing ofshe put through his application to join the organization to connect by telephone to make (a telephone call) Words nearby put throughput the lid on, put the make on, put the screws on, put the skids on, put the skids under, put through, put through the wringer, puttie, puttier, putting green, Putti-Platt operation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with put throughput through Bring to a successful conclusion, as in We put through a number of new laws. [Mid-1800s] Make a telephone connection, as in Please put me through to the doctor. [Late 1800s] Cause to undergo, especially something difficult or troublesome, as in He put me through a lot during this last year. The related expression, put someone through the wringer, means “to give someone a hard time,” as in The lawyer put the witness through the wringer. The wringer alluded to is the old-fashioned clothes wringer, in which clothes are pressed between two rollers to extract moisture. [First half of 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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