went through the mill
went through the mill is the simple past 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)
- To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
- 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 went through the mill
- What is went through the mill the simple past of?
- Went through the mill is the simple past of go through the mill.
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