put through the wringer

verb

Definitions

  1. To interrogate or scrutinize closely

    To interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal.

    • They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire.
    • Psychiatrists say that for many people who have been put through the wringer over the past decade, the climate extremes are one crisis too many.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for put through the wringer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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