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单词 to put through
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to put through
to put through
1. transitive. Originally U.S.
a. To help or cause to pass through a process; to bring to a conclusion; to carry through (successfully).With quot. 1908, cf. sense 21b(c).
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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > successfully
floor1852
to put through1888
to bring off1928
1847 Knickerbocker Dec. 563 ‘Elder,’ says I, ‘I've come down to have you put me through.’
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxi. 173 I used to, when I fust begun, have considerable trouble fussin' with 'em and trying to make 'em hold out... Now, you see, I just put 'em straight through, sick or well.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xliv. 163 Becoming accomplices in the jobs or ‘steals’ which these members were ‘putting through’.
1908 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables xxx. 338 I'd love to be a teacher. But..Mr. Andrews says it cost him one hundred and fifty dollars to put Prissy through.
1929 T. H. Burnham Engin. Econ. xv. 199 Rush orders are difficult to put through, even in well-organized works.
1966 ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out 54 Put through a second lot of tailings, but not from the same place.
1995 Church Times 3 Mar. 7/2 The Declaration..comes before the Governing Body of the Church in Wales..in April, and the Welsh bishops plan to put it through by an accelerated procedure in September.
b. colloquial. = to put (a person) through it at Phrases 8. Now rare.
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1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 26 Many a witness..‘slunk his pitch mightily’ when old Kasm put him through on the cross-examination.
1866 Secret Hist. Votary of Pleasure 63 Let's ‘sweat’ him; let's ‘put him through’; let's make him ‘shell out’ some of his extra cash to you.
1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. vii Put 'em through, subjecting persons to a thorough searching ordeal.
1935 H. R. Driggs Pony Express goes Through 109 Then I put him through pretty hard to make the close schedule they had set for us. Well, we made it all right, but it cost the life of that horse.
2. transitive. To connect (a telephone caller) to another via an exchange or operator; to divert or connect to a particular location. Also: to make or connect (a telephone call).
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > methods or procedures
to put through1880
multiple1906
place1907
offer1950
switch1971
to camp on1977
1880 Times 23 Dec. 8/6 A gentleman desiring to communicate with his place of business from which he is some short distance away steps into one of these shops, and for a small sum can be ‘put through’ to his own office.
1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 86 Ask to be put through to the inquiry office.
1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club viii. 59 That phone-call you asked me to trace..was put through..from a public call-box.
1949 A. Christie Crooked House xvii. 139 He lifted the receiver—listened and then said: ‘Put her through.’
1974 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Other Story vii. 55 He put through a 999 call to the police.
2002 Big Issue 17 June 13/1 I call the Woolwich and explain the situation. The main office puts me through to customer care.
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