put through hoops

verb

To make (a person) exert great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary.

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Meanings

verbput through hoops (third-person singular simple present puts through hoops, present participle putting through hoops, simple past and past participle put through hoops)

present singular third person puts through hoops · participle present putting through hoops · alternative put through the hoops

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo make (a person) exert great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary.
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