put (one) through the wringer
put (one) through the wringer
To subject one to some ordeal, difficulty, trial, or punishment; to force one to undergo an unpleasant experience. My mother's recent bout with cancer has really put us through the wringer this year.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put someone through the wringer
Fig. to give someone a difficult time; to interrogate someone thoroughly. (Alludes to putting something through an old-fashioned clothes wringer.) The lawyer really put the witness through the wringer! The teacher put the students through the wringer.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
put someone through the wringer (or the mangle)
subject someone to a very stressful experience, especially a severe interrogation. informal 1984 Louise Erdrich Love Medicine I saw that he had gone through the wringer. He was red-eyed, gaunt, and he was drunk.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
put (someone) through the wringer
Slang To subject to a severe trial or ordeal.
See also: put, through, wringer
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- get a taste of (one's) own medicine
- drive (one) out of office
- force (one) out of office
- force out of office
- give (one) (one's) head
- give head
- give somebody their head
- give someone their head
- a dose of (one's) own medicine
- dose