put somebody to work
set somebody to work

They were beginning to show up now, and I put them right to work.

They haven't even put together a team to work on it.

Best he put them to work to be sure they didn't miss anything.

We have to do more to put people to work right now.

Why did we put her to work at $18,000 a year?

The Bush administration now wants to put the 1996 law to work.

Thus more of the money can be put to work.

These new ideas are put to work much more quickly than ever before.

This system is put to work in the given situation.

So we could put people to work right now and make sure that we're in a good position to win the future, as well.