through the mill
Example Sentences
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You are both relatively young and, while you’ve been through the mill with your health, your wife likely wants to work a few more years for reasons that go beyond mere finances.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
It was a nice 6-1 - you can expect to come here and have a 6-4 or 6-5 and go through the mill a little bit, but none of that at all.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
“We’ve got some very loyal supporters and they have gone through the mill of late, in the last 10, 20 years since we’ve come out the Football League,” Penn said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
This is putting the tyres through the mill, to such an extent that this is looking like teams will need two pit stops for fresh tyres to make it though the race.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2021
“He’s been through the mill, this one,” she said.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
