hoop (redirected from putting through the hoops)

go/jump through hoops

to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. They really make you jump through hoops before they allow you to adopt a baby.

See also: jump, through

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 first film.

See also: through

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jump through hoops

to do a lot of extra things so you can have or do something you want. The company is jumping through hoops these days to try to please advertisers.

See also: jump, through

shoot hoops

to play the game of basketball. Sometimes we stopped off at the gym after school and shot some hoops.

See also: shoot