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subject sb/sth to sth phrasal verb
phrasal verb [often passive]
Definition
to make someone or something experience an unpleasant or worrying thing
The inquiry found that they had been subjected to unfair treatment.
"I didn't want to subject him to such a long journey," she said.
(Definition of subject sb/sth to sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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