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jump through hoops1Perform a difficult and gruelling series of tests at someone else’s request or command: the banks make you beg for a loan and they make you jump through hoops to get it...- The development of these drugs consists solely of going through the hoops of getting bureaucratic approval to use them!
- If he had sold the house then they would probably not have to go through the hoops of getting a search warrant.
- Some orphans wreck their life with heavy use of illicit drugs after going through the hoops of searching for a job in vain.
See parent entry: hoop jump through hoops2Go through an elaborate or complicated procedure in order to achieve an objective: if you want a home birth, you have to fight and jump through hoops...- If I have to phone a call centre it's because I actually need some help with something, and don't appreciate being made to jump through hoops for several minutes before getting hold of a real, live human being who can assist me.
- Unfortunately it is usually women, mainly single parents, who need genuine help and they are expected to jump through hoops to get any help.
- He said if extra money was available for council housing, the council shouldn't be made to jump through hoops by the government to get it.
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