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put through the mangle
vb. (context idiomatic English) (alternative form of put through the wringer English)
Usage examples of "put through the mangle".
Meanwhile don't worry, but get our clothes put through the mangle, dry our passports, have the white horse well fed, and then we'll go and find this creature, rescue the Master, and get this business settled once and for all.
It isn't as if he'd really been damaged like some of the patients I've sent you-men who've been properly put through the mangle.