put through

present singular third person puts through · participle present putting through

1. idiomaticTo connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.

   Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office.

2. idiomaticto cause to endure

   After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her.

3. UKtransitiveTo smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening.

   Playing football brought people together – we’d play against any brick wall, on any kerb, or see if we could put the window through in the art department.

   2005 October 25, “Pete Doherty pens song for his football team”, in NME

4. transitiveball gamesTo pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity.

   Friedel again had to save as he parried a Patrice Evra shot before gathering the ball after the left-back had been put through by Ryan Giggs.

   2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC

5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through.

plural put throughs

1. businessA transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.