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put to the question

VERB

question

Synonyms

STRONGEST

challenge examine grill interrogate interview investigate query quiz search seek

STRONG

catechize enquire hit inquire petition probe pry pump quest solicit

WEAK

ask about cross-examine give the third degree go over hit up hold out for make inquiry pick one's brains put through the wringer raise question show curiosity sound out sweat it out of work over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

answer reply

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What think you that your Syrian go-between will say when put to the question?

From Orrain A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S.

If Mathew Kearney had been put to the question, he could not have concealed the fact that the human being he most feared and dreaded in life was his neighbour Miss Betty O'Shea.

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

If Constance had betrayed him, assuredly May also must have been put to the question, and with what result?

From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George

One politely and simply said: He was put to the question.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various

Had they not been put to the question by the great council of Amphictyons?

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Irving, Washington

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