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go through the mill

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go through the mill

to experience a very difficult or unpleasant period in your life. She really went through the mill with that son of hers.

See also: mill, through

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But Newman had resolved to go through the mill, as he imagined it, and he would not cry out at the first turn of the wheel. The American by James, Henry View in context More results

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go through the wringer
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go to any lengths
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go to bed with

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