put through the mill
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From through the mill.
Verb[edit]
put through the mill (third-person singular simple present puts through the mill, present participle putting through the mill, simple past and past participle put through the mill)
- (transitive, figuratively) to be abused or treated very harshly; to suffer intense anguish, stress, or grief.
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Further reading[edit]
- “put sb through the mill”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “go through put someone through the mill” (US) / “go through put someone through the mill” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “put somebody through the mill” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.