"put through the mangle" meaning in English

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      "form": "puts through the mangle",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "putting through the mangle",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "put through the mangle",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "put through the mangle",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London.",
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      ],
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        "Synonym of put through the wringer"
      ],
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          "put through the wringer#English"
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        "(idiomatic) Synonym of put through the wringer"
      ],
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  "word": "put through the mangle"
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "putting through the mangle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put through the mangle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put through the mangle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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        {
          "ref": "2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "A big beast of the men's field was put through the mangle then dumped out of Wimbledon as Rafael Nadal fell at around 10.06pm to Lukas Rosol, a Czech debutant who will never forget this Thursday evening in south-west London.",
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      ],
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      ],
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          "put through the wringer#English"
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        "(idiomatic) Synonym of put through the wringer"
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