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单词 put sb through the wringer
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put sb through the wringer

informal

to ask someone difficult or unpleasant questions, often to find out if they are doing their job in a satisfactory way:

Outside investigators will put the company's accounting practices through the wringer.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Questioning people & asking questions in general

  • beat
  • bombard
  • canvass
  • cross-question
  • debrief
  • desk research
  • enquiry
  • feel sb/sth out
  • interrogate
  • interview
  • opinion poll
  • pin
  • Q, q
  • questioner
  • questioning
  • roll call
  • third
  • tie sb down
  • what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
  • worm

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