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1put someone through hell — put (someone) through hell to make someone suffer. He didn t understand the people he worked with or care whether he put us through hell …
2put through hell — put (someone) through hell to make someone suffer. He didn t understand the people he worked with or care whether he put us through hell …
3put (someone) through (something) — 1. to force someone to experience something unpleasant in order to help them. His teacher put him through six months of writing essays every day to improve his skills. 2. to unintentionally cause someone to experience something painful. Elaine… …
4put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …
5put 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… …
6hell — hell1 [ hel ] noun uncount *** 1. ) Hell in some religions, the place where bad people are sent to suffer for ever when they die. The place where good people go is called Heaven. 2. ) a situation that is extremely unpleasant: It s been hell… …
7hell — [[t]he̱l[/t]] ♦♦♦ hells 1) N PROPER; N COUNT In some religions, hell is the place where the Devil lives, and where wicked people are sent to be punished when they die. Hell is usually imagined as being under the ground and full of flames. 2) N… …
8hell — I UK [hel] / US noun [uncountable] *** 1) Hell in some religions, the place where bad people are sent to suffer for ever when they die. The place where good people are believed to go is called Heaven. 2) a situation that is extremely unpleasant… …
9put through — 1) PHRASAL VERB When someone puts through someone who is making a telephone call, they make the connection that allows the telephone call to take place. [V n P] The operator will put you through... [V n P] He asked to be put through to Charley… …
10through — I. preposition Etymology: Middle English thurh, thruh, through, from Old English thurh; akin to Old High German durh through, Latin trans across, beyond, Sanskrit tarati he crosses over Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) used as a function word… …