put through the mangle
Synonym of put through the wringer.
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
mangle
/ˈmæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/
noun 5verb 3name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
managed, rusty
VERB + MANGLE
disposed
MANGLE + NOUN
something
Definitions
verb
1
To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel
2
To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
noun
1
A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
2
The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
There was a bright-red plastic baby-bath, a car tyre, a rusty mangle, and something that looked like a primitive version of a washing machine.
verb
1
To wring laundry.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
501
mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail
Wiktionary02
c. 1703-20, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage when they are disposed to mangle a play or a novel
Wiktionary03
There was a bright-red plastic baby-bath, a car tyre, a rusty mangle, and something that looked like a primitive version of a washing machine.
Wiktionary04
Christianity is not the answer, and it has even managed to mangle the question.
Tatoeba · #1029588905
How did Tom mangle his hand?
Tatoeba · #12208506Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, mangle is marked as archaic, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
Your note
not saved0 chars