put sb through sth
(BAD EXPERIENCE) — phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
› to make someone experience something unpleasant or difficult: I'm sorry to put you through this ordeal.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive
(Definition of put sb through sth (BAD EXPERIENCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put sb out to grass idiom
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put sb out to pasture idiom
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put sb through phrasal verb
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put sb through sth phrasal verb (EDUCATION)
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put sb through the mill idiom
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put sb through the wringer idiom
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put sb to sth idiom
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put sb to the sword idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- be put upon phrasal verb
- grind the faces of the poor idiom
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- objectification noun
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- toy with sb/sth phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
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