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71put someone (or go) through the hoops — make someone undergo (or be made to undergo) a gruelling test. → hoop …
72go through hoops — to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. They really make you jump through hoops before they allow you to adopt a baby …
73jump through hoops — to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. They really make you jump through hoops before they allow you to adopt a baby …
74jump through hoops — to do a lot of extra things so you can have or do something you want. The company is jumping through hoops these days to try to please advertisers …
75shoot hoops — to play the game of basketball. Sometimes we stopped off at the gym after school and shot some hoops …
76jump through hoops — to perform a series of difficult tests to show that you are suitable for something There are so many hoops to jump through that a lot of people give up …
77Jump through hoops — If you are prepared to jump through hoops for someone, you are prepared to make great efforts and sacrifices for them …
78jump through the hoops (to) — Do all that is required. ► “In entering the race at the end of September, he [Steve Forbes] said he wouldn’t jump through the hoops needed to qualify for federal campaign matching funds but instead was ready to spend millions of his own.” (Wall …
79jump through hoops — ► jump through hoops be made to go through a complicated procedure. Main Entry: ↑jump …
80put go through hoops — ► put someone (or go) through hoops make someone undergo (or be made to undergo) a gruelling test. Main Entry: ↑hoop …