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Put through

To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee).

📖 Definitions of "Put through"

verb
  1. 1

    To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee).

    "Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office."

  2. 2

    To cause to endure

    "After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her."

  3. 3

    To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Put through"

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WordDefinition
implementverbTo bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
carry outverb(transitive, idiomatic) To fulfill.
go throughverb(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
follow throughverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To execute or complete a commitment.
put inverb(transitive) To place inside.
dial inverbTo connect (to a system or service) by telephone.
interfacenoun(computing) The point of interconnection between systems or subsystems.
placenoun(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
ring upverb(transitive, idiomatic) To telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
give someone a ringverb(idiomatic) To place a telephone call to someone.
ring inverbTo make a phone call to (this place).
callnounA cry or shout.
phone upverb(ambitransitive) To phone; to contact by telephone.
telephonenoun(countable, telephony) A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).
reachnounThe act of stretching or extending; extension.
call upverb(transitive, idiomatic) To call on the telephone.
call inverb(intransitive, copulative) To communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
worknoun(uncountable) Employment.
dial upverbTo connect a computer to a modem.
get throughverb(informal, intransitive, transitive) To communicate successfully across a barrier; to make contact, or get one's point across; to reach the addressee with difficulty.

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