"go through the mill" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go through the mill.ogg Forms: goes through the mill [present, singular, third-person], going through the mill [participle, present], went through the mill [past], gone through the mill [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> through the mill}} go through the mill (third-person singular simple present goes through the mill, present participle going through the mill, simple past went through the mill, past participle gone through the mill)
  1. (idiomatic) To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to gain experience or maturity through suffering or discipline): kärsiä (Finnish), en voir de toutes les couleurs (French), être mis à rude épreuve (French), przechodzić twardą szkołe [imperfective] (Polish), przejść twardą szkołe [perfective] (Polish), пройти́ ого́нь и во́ду (projtí ogónʹ i vódu) (english: lit: go through fire and water) (Russian), пройти́ ого́нь, во́ду и ме́дные тру́бы (projtí ogónʹ, vódu i médnyje trúby) (english: lit: go through fire, water and copper pipes) (Russian), про̑ћи си̏то и решѐто [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prȏći sȉto i rešèto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-go_through_the_mill-en-verb-zioBbIMF Disambiguation of 'to gain experience or maturity through suffering or discipline': 85 15
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) To go through bankruptcy. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-go_through_the_mill-en-verb-open2c78 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 27 73
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