put through

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put through

verbo transitivo con partícula

1. (on phone)

to p somebody through to somebody -> poner or pasar a alguien con alguien

2. (subject to)

to p somebody through something -> someter a alguien a algo
he put her through hell -> le ha hecho pasar las de Caín

put through

verb:transitive:plus_adverb

1 (make, complete) [+plan, reform, change] llevar a cabo; [+deal] cerrar; [+proposal] hacer aceptar

they had at last succeeded in putting through a worthwhile reform he planned to put through the deal despite US disapproval

we put through 2,000 orders a week despachamos 2.000 pedidos a la semana

2 (Telec) (connect) [+call, caller] pasar

don't put any calls through for the next hour no pases ninguna llamada en la próxima hora; I'm putting you through now ahora le paso or pongo; who? Martha? all right, put her through ¿quién? ¿Marta? bueno, ponme con ella

can you put me through to Miss Blair, please por favor, póngame or me comunica con la Srta. Blair; especially (LAm)

verb:transitive:plus_preposition

1 (by providing finance)

she put two sons through university mandó a dos hijos a la universidad

he only put his daughter through college by selling off his wife's jewellery his grandparents offered to put him through dental school we'll put him through the course

2 (make suffer)

she didn't want to put him through another ordeal like that no quiso hacerle pasar por otra prueba tan dura como esa

I'd like to put him through the pain I've suffered don't worry - I wouldn't put you through that again

they really put him through it at the interview se las hicieron pasar mal en la entrevista; se las hicieron pasar canutas en la entrevista (informal)

to put sb through hell hacérselas pasar canutas a algn (informal)

those two husbands put me through hell

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