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goes through the mill

goes through the mill is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go through the mill.

Meaning of go through the mill

Verb

go through the mill (third-person singular simple present goes through the mill, present participle going through the mill, simple past went through the mill, past participle gone through the mill)

  1. (idiomatic) To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang) To go through bankruptcy.
    • All know the high estimation debtors held the Act 1861, by the number who went "through the mill" at the close of 1869.1877, The Accountant, volume 3, page 3

Questions about goes through the mill

What is goes through the mill the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes through the mill is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go through the mill.

Words near goes through the mill in the dictionary

  1. goes through fire and water
  2. goes through hell
  3. goes through hoops
  4. goes through the attitudes
  5. goes through the gears
  6. goes through the mill
  7. goes through the motions
  8. goes through the trouble
  9. goes through with
  10. goes to
  11. goes to bat

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