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  • 1put through — put (someone/something) through to arrange for a telephone call to be made to a place or person. The international operator put me through to London. Passengers could put through calls on their cell phones …

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  • 2put through hoops — put (someone) through hoops go/jump through hoops to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. She was put through far more hoops than a man would have been before the studio allowed her to direct her… …

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  • 3put through — ► put through 1) subject to a gruelling or unpleasant experience. 2) connect (someone) by telephone to another person or place. Main Entry: ↑put …

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  • 4put-through — putˈ through noun A transaction in which a broker arranges the buying and the selling of shares • • • Main Entry: ↑put …

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  • 5put through — index attain, pass (approve), prosecute (carry forward) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6put through a deal — index dicker Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7put through paces — index discipline (train) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8put through the mill — To undergo or subject to probationary hardships, suffering or experience, or severe handling ● mill …

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  • 9put through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put through : 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… …

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  • 10put through — verb 1. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue (Freq. 2) Did he go through with the treatment? He implemented a new economic plan She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal • Syn: ↑follow through, ↑follow up, ↑ …

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