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Meaning of put through the mangle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of put through the wringer.

idiomatic

Examples

“A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

put through the mill put through the wringer put to Put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death