put through
verb
put through; putting through; puts through
1
: to carry to a successful conclusion
put through a number of reforms
2
a
: to make a telephone connection for
b
: to obtain a connection for (a telephone call)
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Examples of put through in a Sentence
the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically
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Others, like the pilot for Firefly, are put through the ringer.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025
First to use the charger was a Subaru Solterra that was later put through its paces across the rugged St Helena landscape.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Bashar was then brought home from his ophthalmology practice in London and put through military training, where he was elevated to the rank of colonel to give him the credentials to one day rule Syria.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
More than 2,000 scripts were submitted — double the number of a typical NHK screenplay competition — whittled down to 42 interviewees and 10 who were put through to the final WDR.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025
First to use the charger was a Subaru Solterra that was later put through its paces across the rugged St Helena landscape.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Bashar was then brought home from his ophthalmology practice in London and put through military training, where he was elevated to the rank of colonel to give him the credentials to one day rule Syria.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
More than 2,000 scripts were submitted — double the number of a typical NHK screenplay competition — whittled down to 42 interviewees and 10 who were put through to the final WDR.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Put through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20through. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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