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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.
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See also

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

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