jump through hoops
verbEtymology
Reminiscent of a circus animal performing tricks by jumping through hoops.
Definitions
To put forth great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary, set by someone.
- They really made the salesman jump through hoops before buying anything.
- If learning is deemed valuable and important to the student, then the educator doesn't need a scripted curriculum or a fad initiative that has students and the educator jumping through hoops.
- If a government says to citizens, “We will punish you for abstaining, unless you jump through the following legal hoops,” it is still coercing citizens.
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