Synonyms of giving the third degree to

giving the third degree to

phrase

variants or giving (someone) the third degree

present participle of give the third degree to

as in interrogating

to put a series of questions to

She gave the third degree to her daughter when she missed her curfew.

After missing work without hearing from me, my supervisor is sure to give me the third degree when I get back into the office.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interrogating
• questioning
• examining
• picking the brains of
• pumping
• grilling
• quizzing
• querying
• catechizing
• sweating
• debriefing
• harassing
• annoying
• pestering
• hounding
• cross-examining
• polling
• canvassing
• cross-questioning
• canvasing