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put through hoops

put through hoops verb: to make (a person) exert great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary.

Verb

put through hoops (third-person singular simple present puts through hoops, present participle putting through hoops, simple past and past participle put through hoops)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make (a person) exert great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary.

Forms of put through hoops

third-person singular presentputs through hoops
present participleputting through hoops
past participleput through hoops
pastput through hoops
alternative formput through the hoops

Questions about put through hoops

What does put through hoops mean?
Put through hoops means to make (a person) exert great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary.
What part of speech is put through hoops?
Put through hoops is a verb.
What is the past tense of put through hoops?
The past tense of put through hoops is put through hoops.

Words near put through hoops in the dictionary

  1. put the toothpaste back in the tube
  2. put the wind up
  3. put the wood in the hole
  4. put the world to rights
  5. put through
  6. put through hoops
  7. put through the hoops
  8. put through the mangle
  9. put through the mill
  10. put through the wringer
  11. put throughs

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