through the mill

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1.
UKAustraliaCanadaUSinformalcolloquial
- To have experienced prolonged hardship, adversity, or difficult trials; to have been subjected to taxing or trying circumstances.
2.
UKUSformaljournalistic
- To be subjected to thorough processing, examination, or bureaucratic scrutiny.

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