be put through the hoop
be put through the hoop
To be subjected to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to undergo an unpleasant experience. Between my mother's bout with cancer, Jenny losing her job, and the bank threatening to foreclose on the house, our family has really been put through the hoop this year. Jake wasn't a great fit for the military, and he was constantly being put through the hoop for disobedience.
See also: hoop, put, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be put through the mangle
- be put through the wringer
- go through the wringer
- go/put somebody through the wringer
- mangle
- be a fate worse than death
- come to a bad end
- come to a bad/sticky end
- get a taste of (one's) own medicine
- be in for something