PUT THROUGH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does put through mean? 

• PUT THROUGH (verb)
  The verb PUT THROUGH has 2 senses:

1. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

2. connect by telephone

  Familiarity information: PUT THROUGH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUT THROUGH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through

Context example:

She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal

Hypernyms (to "put through" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

Verb group:

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill (put in effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put through"):

adhere (follow through or carry out a plan without deviation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Connect by telephone

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the operator put a call through to Rio

Hypernyms (to "put through" is one way to...):

connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Secretin is given to the patient by a tube put through the nose or throat into the small intestine and stomach or by injection into a vein.

(Pancreatic function test, NCI Dictionary)

A tube is put through the nose or throat into the stomach and samples are taken from the stomach and sent to a laboratory for testing.

(Gastric acid secretion test, NCI Dictionary)

He found her in the kitchen one morning groaning with pain, tears of weakness running down her cheeks, vainly endeavoring to put through a large ironing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Data collected by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in 1997 were put through new and advanced computer models to untangle a mystery — a brief, localized bend in themagnetic field — that had gone unexplained until now.

(Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa Plumes, NASA)

An evening with John over the account books usually produced a temporary lull in the culinary enthusiasm, and a frugal fit would ensue, during which the poor man was put through a course of bread pudding, hash, and warmed-over coffee, which tried his soul, although he bore it with praiseworthy fortitude.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Twice a week they had to put through hotel linen,—the sheets, pillow-slips, spreads, table-cloths, and napkins.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)