put through the mill
1put through the mill — To undergo or subject to probationary hardships, suffering or experience, or severe handling ● mill …
2put through the mill — ► go (or put) through the mill undergo (or cause to undergo) an unpleasant experience. Main Entry: ↑mill …
3put through the mill — put (someone) through the mill to ask someone a lot of difficult questions in order to test them. They really put me through the mill in my interview …
4through the mill — chiefly Brit : through a very difficult experience They ve been (put) through the mill in the months since their father died. • • • Main Entry: ↑mill …
5put through the mill — shape, mold, rub, scrape …
6through the mill — {adv. phr.} 1. Experienced. * /You could tell immediately that the new employee had been through the mill./ 2. Through real experience of the difficulties of a certain way of life. * /Poor Jerry has had three operations in one year, and now he s… …
7through the mill — {adv. phr.} 1. Experienced. * /You could tell immediately that the new employee had been through the mill./ 2. Through real experience of the difficulties of a certain way of life. * /Poor Jerry has had three operations in one year, and now he s… …
8put someone through the mill — put (someone) through the mill to ask someone a lot of difficult questions in order to test them. They really put me through the mill in my interview …
9go through the mill — ► go (or put) through the mill undergo (or cause to undergo) an unpleasant experience. Main Entry: ↑mill …
10put someone through the mill — go through/put someone through/the mill phrase to experience a difficult or unpleasant period of time I hear Jim is really going through the mill with his divorce. The champions looked as if they were going to put their humble opponents through… …
