- put someone through hoops
- ► put someone (or go) through hoops make someone undergo (or be made to undergo) a gruelling test.Main Entry: ↑hoop
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put someone through hoops — put (someone) through hoops go/jump through hoops to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. She was put through far more hoops than a man would have been before the studio allowed her to direct her… … New idioms dictionary
put go through hoops — ► put someone (or go) through hoops make someone undergo (or be made to undergo) a gruelling test. Main Entry: ↑hoop … English terms dictionary
put through hoops — put (someone) through hoops go/jump through hoops to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. She was put through far more hoops than a man would have been before the studio allowed her to direct her… … New idioms dictionary
put someone (or go) through the hoops — make someone undergo (or be made to undergo) a gruelling test. → hoop … English new terms dictionary
hoop — ► NOUN 1) a rigid circular band. 2) a large ring used as a toy or for circus performers to jump through. 3) chiefly Brit. a metal arch through which the balls are hit in croquet. 4) a contrasting horizontal band on a sports shirt or cap. ► VERB ▪ … English terms dictionary
hooped — hoop ► NOUN 1) a rigid circular band. 2) a large ring used as a toy or for circus performers to jump through. 3) chiefly Brit. a metal arch through which the balls are hit in croquet. 4) a contrasting horizontal band on a sports shirt or cap. ►… … English terms dictionary
hoop — /hup / (say hoohp) noun 1. a circular band or ring of metal, wood, or other stiff material. 2. such a band to hold together the staves of a cask, barrel, etc. 3. a large ring of wood or plastic for children s games. 4. something resembling a hoop …
hoop — noun 1》 a rigid circular band, especially one used for binding the staves of barrels or forming a framework. ↘a large ring used as a toy or for circus performers to jump through. ↘historical a circle of flexible material used to expand a… … English new terms dictionary
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