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1) General subject: martyrize, put to the question, put to the question (кого-л.), put to the rack, rack, torture2) Religion: torment3) Jargon: put (someone) through the wringer, sweat it out sweat (something) sweat out -
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General subject: bleed one white, put somebody through the wringer (из подчинённых и т. п.), put through the wringer (из подчинённых и т.п.), sweat (someone - из кого-л.), grind down (из кого-л.), harass with exactions (из кого-л.), put through the wringer (из рабочих, подчинённых) -
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1) General subject: blackmail, buck, bulldoze, intimidate, make somebody squeal, racketeer, make squeal (кого-л.), put through the wringer (кого-л.)2) American: strike3) Law: squeeze4) Australian slang: put the nips in5) Jargon: buffalo, lean against, lean on, put ( someone) on the shake, put the shake on (someone), rip off, shake -
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1) General subject: blackmail, bleed, dun somebody out of his money, fleece, (у кого-л.) get money out of, gouge money out of (у кого-л.), gouge out of money (у кого-л.), make somebody squeal, trim, (у кого-л.) put through the wringer, squeeze money, squeeze money from (у кого-л.)2) Law: pinch3) Jargon: put (someone) on the shake, put the shake on ( someone), rip-off, ripoff, shake4) Banking: extort money5) Makarov: squeeze from (smb.) (у кого-л.), squeeze money from (smb.) (у кого-л.), squeeze money out of (smb.) (у кого-л.), squeeze out of (smb.) (у кого-л.), dun out of his money, extort money from (у кого-л.)
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put someone through the wringer — put (someone) through the wringer to make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. They really put me through the wringer in my interview … New idioms dictionary
put someone through the wringer — go through/put someone through/the wringer phrase to suffer, or to make someone suffer, an unpleasant experience She’s been put through the wringer these past few months. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym Ma … Useful english dictionary
put through the wringer — put (someone) through the wringer to make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. They really put me through the wringer in my interview … New idioms dictionary
go through the wringer — put (someone) through the wringer to make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. I went through the wringer to get my first film part … New idioms dictionary
go through the wringer — go through/put someone through/the wringer phrase to suffer, or to make someone suffer, an unpleasant experience She’s been put through the wringer these past few months. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym Ma … Useful english dictionary
wringer — [riŋ′ər] n. [ME, an oppressor] 1. a person or thing that wrings 2. a machine or device for squeezing out water or other liquid, esp. one fitted with opposed rollers to squeeze the water from wet clothes ☆ put someone through the wringer Slang to… … English World dictionary
wringer — UK [ˈrɪŋə(r)] / US [ˈrɪŋər] noun [countable] Word forms wringer : singular wringer plural wringers American a mangle • go through/put someone through the wringer to suffer, or to make someone suffer, an unpleasant experience She s been put… … English dictionary
wringer — wring|er [ rıŋər ] noun count a machine used for squeezing water out of clothes go through/put someone through the wringer to suffer, or to make someone suffer, an unpleasant experience … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wringer — [[t]rɪ̱ŋə(r)[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone has been put through the wringer or has gone through the wringer, you mean that they have suffered a very difficult or unpleasant experience. [INFORMAL] … English dictionary
wringer — /ˈrɪŋə / (say ringuh) noun 1. someone or something that wrings. 2. an apparatus or machine which wrings water or the like out of anything wet; a mangle. –phrase 3. be put through the wringer (or mangle), Colloquial to be subjected to emotionally… …
agonize — v 1. suffer, writhe, bleed, go through hell, be in misery. 2. struggle, wrestle, grapple, fight with; labor, toil, strive, strain, exert oneself, exercise oneself, work on; pour over, worry over, trouble oneself over, lose sleep over, Sl. beat… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder