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mill noun 1 millimetre, especially as a measure of a gun's calibre, or a width of still- and cine-camera film US, 1960. 2 one thousand dollars US, 1961. 3 a million, especially and usually a million dollars or pounds. Sometimes simply 'mile' US, 1942. 4 in hot rodding and drag racing, an engine US, 1918
idiommillgo through the millto have a long, unpleasant and difficult experience:Property owners who wish to build for the first time must go through the mill of the permit application process, which includes a geological survey as well as soils, septic and fire safety studies.People who have been through the mill of examinations know that knowledge is important, but exam technique can make the difference between passing and failing.put sb through the mill: We should not be putting homeless people through the mill - we should be helping them to rebuild their lives. phrasemill[milled, milled, milling]
mill around
mill around/about • mill around/about sth informal if a lot of people mill around, they move around within a place or area, especially slowly, or while waiting for something to happen: There was chaos outside, with people milling around the body, waiting for an ambulance to arrive. The guests were milling about the courtyard, with glasses of champagne in their hands.
See:- (someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
- a mill cannot grind with water that is past
- fill-mill
- gin mill
- go through the mill
- go through/put somebody through the mill
- grist for (one's) mill
- grist for the mill
- grist for the mill, that's
- grist for/to somebody's mill
- grist to (one's) mill
- grist to the mill
- mill about
- mill around
- mill cannot grind with water that is past
- mill out
- milled
- mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
- mills of the gods grind slowly
- mills of the gods grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- mills of the gods grind slowly, the
- pill mill
- put (one) through the mill
- rumor mill
- rumour mill
- run of the mill
- run-of-the-mill
- the mills of God grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- through the mill
- through the mill, to go/to be put
- tilt at windmills
- water to (one's) mill
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