halt vs put through

halt

verb
  • To cause to discontinue. 

  • To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. 

  • To bring to a stop. 

  • To limp; move with a limping gait. 

  • To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. 

  • To falter. 

  • To stop marching. 

  • To stop either temporarily or permanently. 

  • To waver. 

noun
  • A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. 

  • A cessation, either temporary or permanent. 

put through

verb
  • to cause to endure 

  • To pass the ball to (someone) giving them a one-on-one scoring opportunity. 

  • To smash (e.g. a window) so as to create an opening. 

  • To connect (a telephone caller with intended callee). 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, through. 

noun
  • A transaction by a broker outside the stock exchange, bringing a buyer and seller together. 

How often have the words halt and put through occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )