put through

phrasal verb transitive

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	put through
he/she/it	puts through
present participle	putting through
past tense	put through
past participle	put through

1
(put someone through something) to make someone do or experience something difficult or unpleasant
Children shouldn’t be put through the ordeal of giving evidence in court.
The team are put through a daily fitness programme.
put someone through hell (=make someone have an extremely unpleasant experience):
He’s put me through absolute hell during the last year.
put someone through it (=make someone experience something unpleasant):
He really put Jones through it when the reports were late.
Synonyms and related words
To be cruel or unkind to someone
abuse
mistreat
oppress
2
(put someone/something through something) to test someone or something in order to make sure everything is working correctly
He was put through a series of tests to discover what was wrong with him.
The drug has been put through several trials.
Synonyms and related words
To test something or someone
test
try out
put through
3
if you put a person or call through, you connect someone to the person they want to speak to on the telephone
The switchboard operator refused to put the call through.
put someone/something through to someone:
Can you put me through to the accounts department, please?
Synonyms and related words
Using a telephone
answer
busy
call
4
to make it certain that something is accepted, approved, or successfully completed
Their huge majority means they can put through virtually any legislation they want.
put something through something:
A string of similar measures had already been put through Parliament.
Synonyms and related words
To make something possible
permit
allow
let
5
put someone through school/university/collegeto pay for someone to be a student at a school, university, or college
Synonyms and related words
To spend or to pay money
disburse
spend
pay