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go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch
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(Definition of go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patch from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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go through phrasal verb
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go through sth phrasal verb (EXAMINE)
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go through sth phrasal verb (EXPERIENCE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
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- be riding for a fall idiom
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- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
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- beleaguered adjective
- difficulty noun
- have a thin time (of it) idiom
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