I ended up putting my granddaughter through school.
My father wasn't well and couldn't work, so all of us kids put ourselves through college.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
put through — verb 1. pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue (Freq. 2) Did he go through with the treatment? He implemented a new economic plan She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal • Syn: ↑follow through, ↑follow up, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
put (someone) through (something) — 1. to force someone to experience something unpleasant in order to help them. His teacher put him through six months of writing essays every day to improve his skills. 2. to unintentionally cause someone to experience something painful. Elaine… … New idioms dictionary
put someone through (something) — put (someone/yourself) through (something) to pay for someone or for yourself to go to school. I ended up putting my granddaughter through school. My father wasn t well and couldn t work, so all of us kids put ourselves through college … New idioms dictionary
put yourself through (something) — put (someone/yourself) through (something) to pay for someone or for yourself to go to school. I ended up putting my granddaughter through school. My father wasn t well and couldn t work, so all of us kids put ourselves through college … New idioms dictionary
put through (their) paces — put (someone/something) through (their) paces to test the ability or skill of a person or system. This contest will really put you guys through your paces. Frank took the car for a drive through the mountains and really put it through its paces … New idioms dictionary
put through — put (someone/something) through to arrange for a telephone call to be made to a place or person. The international operator put me through to London. Passengers could put through calls on their cell phones … New idioms dictionary
put through hoops — put (someone) through hoops go/jump through hoops to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. She was put through far more hoops than a man would have been before the studio allowed her to direct her… … New idioms dictionary
put through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms put through : present tense I/you/we/they put through he/she/it puts through present participle putting through past tense put through past participle put through 1) put someone through something to make… … English dictionary
put through one's paces — If you put someone or something through their paces, you test their ability to do something by making them perform certain actions. During the presentation, the new machine was put through its paces … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
put through theirpaces — If you put someone or something through their paces, you test their ability to do something by making them perform certain actions. During the presentation, the machine was put through its paces … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
