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单词 put through
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Example sentences from the Web for put through

  • The basic fact about human nature the Put-Through Clan acts on is the simplest thing in the world.

    The Ghost in the White House|Gerald Stanley Lee
  • The platform of the Put-Through Clan is the right of all to be waited on.

    The Ghost in the White House|Gerald Stanley Lee
  • Whoever the man is, he stands for the business men we want for the Put-Through Clan first.

    The Ghost in the White House|Gerald Stanley Lee
  • There are three courses we might take in the Put-Through Clan in dealing with our town.

    The Ghost in the White House|Gerald Stanley Lee

put through

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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 through

put 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 through

put through

1

Bring to a successful conclusion, as in We put through a number of new laws. [Mid-1800s]

2

Make a telephone connection, as in Please put me through to the doctor. [Late 1800s]

3

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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