put (one) to work

To give one a particular task to do. We're here to help, so just put us to work wherever you need us. Whenever I come home for a visit, my mom wastes no time putting me to work—last time, I had to vacuum the whole house!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jaime (1)	HIE-me (Spanish), ZHIEM (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Mehmut	-	Uyghur
Vasilica	-	Romanian
Lalo	LAH-lo	Spanish
Washington	WAHSH-ing-tən	English
Eidel	-	Yiddish