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Idioms and Phrases

Do just about anything to please someone. For example, The boss expects the entire staff to jump through hoops for him , or This violinist will jump through hoops for the conductor . This metaphoric expression alludes to trained circus animals jumping through hoops. [Early 1900s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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