Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go through the mill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
go through the mill
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.

verb

To go through bankruptcy.

British usage; Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes through the mill (present, singular) going through the mill (participle, present) went through the mill (past) gone through the mill (participle, past)

Questions

What does go through the mill mean?
To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.

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