to put through
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3.1
- phrasal verb
- /pʊt θru/
:
comunicar con
- Would you put this call through to California?
- put the call through
- please put me through
- put me through to
Can't tell you, but they put her through to the phone where my base was, she phoned through and one of the lads who aren't sort of doesn't really care.
- Can't tell you, but they put her through to the phone where my base was, she phoned through and one of the lads who aren't sort of doesn't really care.
Examples
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Can you put me through to the ranch?
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Yeah, put me through to the police, please.
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"All right, put him through."
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm putting your call through now.
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Put me through to him.
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Can you put me through to Ben Shepard please?
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Miranda picked up the phone and put the call through.
Fiction book (1999) -
Put me through to Major Kearns.
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Put him through, please.
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Can you put through my call to the manager, please?
Antonyms
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3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to carry out / bring to completion' is partially inferable because 'put' (bring into a state) combined with 'through' (across to completion) gives a plausible idea of causing something to pass to completion. However, the specific procedural/administrative nuance (e.g. approving or implementing a plan) is somewhat conventional and may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
Put through comes from old telephone operators who would literally put a caller's line through by plugging wires so the voice went to the other person. That's why put through means 'to connect a caller'.