english
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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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see PUT THROUGH, def. 3.
American Heritage Idioms