Direct and Put through

Direct

Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.

Put through is an antonym for direct.

Put through

Put through verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

Direct is an antonym for put through in carry out topic.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Literature / Old Kingdom You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Nicholas Sayre, once the Destroyer is unbound, who dies from the trauma his body's been put through, rather than a direct wound.
  • British bank First Direct (part of HSBC) market themselves as an aversion of this — people calling through to their main telephone banking line are put through to the first available operator immediately, with no IVR in between (HSBC themselves use an IVR, however.)
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