put somebody through the millEXAM/TESTto make someone answer a lot of difficult questions or do a lot of difficult things in order to test them 使某人经历严格的考查 It was a three-day course and they really put us through the mill. 课程为期三天,他们对我们进行了非常严格的考查。
put somebody through the mill• Candidates are put through the mill by the Senate.
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