put through verb 4noun 1forms 3 verb4 •to cause to endureAfter all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her. •To connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.Please hold the line a moment while I put you through to the sales office. •To 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. — 2011 •(UK) 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. — 2005 noun1 •A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together. formsputting through · puts through · put throughs