subject

/səbˈdʒekt/ verb

Translation

subject sb/sth to sth phrasal verb

› to make someone or something experience something unpleasant

mecbur tutmak, maruz bırakmak, mahkûm etmek

In prison, he was subjected to beatings and interrogations.1865

(Definition of subject verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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