put through v.
(Aus./US) to cheat someone.
Nat. Police Gaz. (NY) 21 Sept. n.p.: Not a day passes that we do not see an account of some country merchant being ‘put through’ in ‘Romeville’. | ||
‘Whisper All Aussie Dict.’ in Kings Cross Whisper (Sydney) xxxviii 10/3: put through: To cheat someone. |