jump through hoops

idiom

informal
: to do a complicated or annoying series of things in order to get or achieve something
We had to jump through a lot of hoops to get a loan from the bank.
It shouldn't be necessary to jump through hoops to get a computer to work properly.

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Providing great patient care is just the first step for US healthcare providers; getting paid for that care takes much longer, requiring their staff to jump through hoops with health insurers. David Prosser, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Robin Williams and Nathan Lane are phenomenal as a gay couple forced to jump through hoops for their son’s new in-laws, played wonderfully by Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025 Ben Stiller had to jump through hoops to make sure Meet the Fockers avoided an R rating. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024 Records obtained by The Markup from districts across the country show just how broadly schools block content, forcing students to jump through hoops to complete assignments and even keeping them from resources that could support their health and safety. Tara García Mathewson and Maria Puertas, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jump through hoops 

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“Jump through hoops.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20through%20hoops. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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