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Dictionary of Idioms/Phrasal Verbs

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give someone the third degree

1. use mental or physical pressure to get information or a confession from someone

1. The teacher gave the third degree to every student to find out who had glued his briefcase shut.

2. My mother put me through the third degree. Questions—questions—questions. She's driving me nuts!

3. I got the third degree when I got home last night.

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