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jumped through hoops

jumped through hoops is the simple past and past participle of jump through hoops.

Meaning of jump through hoops

Verb

jump through hoops (third-person singular simple present jumps through hoops, present participle jumping through hoops, simple past and past participle jumped through hoops)

  1. (idiomatic) To put forth great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary, set by someone.
    • They really made the salesman jump through hoops before buying anything.

Questions about jumped through hoops

What is jumped through hoops the simple past and past participle of?
Jumped through hoops is the simple past and past participle of jump through hoops.

Words near jumped through hoops in the dictionary

  1. jumped the line
  2. jumped the queue
  3. jumped the rattler
  4. jumped the reservation
  5. jumped the shark
  6. jumped through hoops
  7. jumped to
  8. jumped to conclusions
  9. jumped to it
  10. jumped up
  11. jumped upon

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