put sb through sth
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
(BAD EXPERIENCE)
to make someone experience something unpleasant or difficult:
I'm sorry to put you through this ordeal.
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Treating people or animals badly
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten
- batten on sb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed
- grind
- jerk
- jerk sb around
- knife
- knock
- knock sb around
- sexual harassment
- shit on sb
- shortchange
- shove
- shove sb around
- torment
- walk
- walk all over sb idiom
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(EDUCATION)
to pay for someone to study at school, college, or university:
It's costing them a lot of money to put their children through school.
She's putting herself through college.
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Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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