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Idiom to put someone through the hoops
Definition to make someone do unnecessary and irritating things
Examples - She likes to put the new employees through the hoops. It shows them who's boss.
- If you want to start a new business in Germany they put you through a thousand hoops. It's a wonder that anyone ever tries!
Note At a circus tigers and other animals are trained to jump through hoops. (There are an number of variations on this idiom: to go through the hoops, to jump through the hoops, etc.)

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