go through the mill
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It was a nice 6-1 - you can expect to come here and have a 6-4 or 6-5 and go through the mill a little bit, but none of that at all.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
You go through the mill, and you’ll have a bigger grudge against every old shellback that dirties his plate in the three oceans than the Bank of California could settle up.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Hence, if a man is once caught in its toils, even though he is innocent, he will, generally speaking, have to go through the mill and come out at the far end.
From The Squire's Daughter by Hocking, Silas K(itto)
But Newman had resolved to go through the mill, as he imagined it, and he would not cry out at the first turn of the wheel.
From The American by James, Henry
A would-be listener must learn the rudiments of his art and go through the mill like other people.
From Erewhon Revisited by Butler, Samuel
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