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View definitions for put through the wringer

put through the wringer

verb as in debrief

verb as in examine

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To say Reilly's character has been put through the wringer would be an understatement.

From BBC

We're all suffering from pandemic fatigue after being put through the wringer over the past four years.

From Salon

On the topic of Riley, Not since a pre-teen Linda Blair has a young actor been put through the wringer of possession as Joe Bird as Riley is here.

From Salon

In Amazon’s Packaging Innovation Lab — a 10,000-square-foot facility in a complex of Amazon buildings in Sumner — packages are put through the wringer.

The boy genius-turned-regular genius was put through the wringer in his time at the Behavioral Analysis Unit, and Gubler has not confirmed he will be in “Evolution.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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