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 shall go through the mill as I went through it.
From Tommy and Co. by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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
It upsets all my calculations," he thought, "and I shall have to go through the mill this time.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Leblanc, Maurice
I want to go through the mill in the ring.
From The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
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