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
Longina	lawn-GEE-nah (Polish)	Polish, Ancient Roman
Sybil	SIB-əl	English
Routh	-	Biblical Greek
Iman	-	Arabic, Persian, Indonesian
Dunstan	DUN-stən (English)	English (Rare), Anglo-Saxon
Yasen	-	Bulgarian