put throughverb

• 1

  To connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.

  • Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office.
• 2

  to cause to endure

  • After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her.
• 3

  To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening.

  • Playing football brought people together – we’d play against any brick wall, on any kerb, or see if we could put the window through in the art department.
• 4

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

  • Friedel again had to save as he parried a Patrice Evra shot before gathering the ball after the left-back had been put through by Ryan Giggs.
• 5

  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through.

put throughnoun

• 1

  businessfinanceA transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together.