put through
verb
put through; putting through; puts through
1
: to carry to a successful conclusion
put through a number of reforms
2
a
: to make a telephone connection for
b
: to obtain a connection for (a telephone call)
Examples of put through in a Sentence
the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically
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The reality competition follows a group of celebrities as they are put through a series of brutal challenges used in real-life Special Forces selection.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Wasn't Dre Greenlaw put through an extensive physical before signing him.
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Ethan Hawke’s face, an angular, beautiful cinematic presence since Dead Poets Society, gets put through the wringer on The Lowdown.
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Here the polysilicon is put through what’s called the Czochralski (Cz) method.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Wasn't Dre Greenlaw put through an extensive physical before signing him.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
Ethan Hawke’s face, an angular, beautiful cinematic presence since Dead Poets Society, gets put through the wringer on The Lowdown.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Here the polysilicon is put through what’s called the Czochralski (Cz) method.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Put through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20through. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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