| 词汇 | put one through to |
| 释义 | (redirected from put one through to)put (one) through (to someone)To connect one's telephone call to another person. You'll need to speak to the sales department about that issue. Would you like me to put you through? I'm just waiting for the bank to put me through to my account manager. put throughTo initiate something that succeeds in being accepted, implemented, or completed. A noun or pronoun can be used between "put" and "through." In my time as senator, I put through a number of legislative measures that helped curb gun violence. put someone or something through (to someone)to put someone's telephone call through to someone. Will you please put me through to the international operator? Please put my call through. put someone through somethingto cause someone to have to endure something. The doctor said he hated to put me through all these tests, but that it was medically necessary. put through1. Bring to a successful conclusion, as in We put through a number of new laws. [Mid-1800s] 2. Make a telephone connection, as in Please put me through to the doctor. [Late 1800s] 3. Cause to undergo, especially something difficult or troublesome, as in He put me through a lot during this last year. The related expression, put someone through the wringer, means "to give someone a hard time," as in The lawyer put the witness through the wringer. The wringer alluded to is the old-fashioned clothes wringer, in which clothes are pressed between two rollers to extract moisture. [First half of 1900s] put throughv. 1. To cause something to pass from one side of a boundary, threshold, or opening to the other: I put the thread through the eye of the needle. 2. To bring something to completion: They put the project through on time. 3. To cause someone or something to complete a process, especially a process of approval: Congress has recently put through a number of new laws. I had to work two jobs to put my child through college. 4. To cause someone or something to undergo or experience something unpleasant or difficult: They put me through a lot of trouble. We put all our products through a series of tests. 5. To connect some telephone call or caller: Can you put the call through to my office? The operator put me through on the office line. |
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