get the third degree

get the third degree
See: THIRD DEGREE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • get the third degree — See: THIRD DEGREE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get\ the\ third\ degree — See: third degree …   Словарь американских идиом

  • the third degree — careful questioning, on the carpet    If I m late, I get the third degree. Mom asks me a lot of questions …   English idioms

  • third degree — {n. phr.} A method of severe grilling used to extract information from an arrested suspect. * / Why give me the third degree? he asked indignantly. All I did was come home late because I had a drink with my friends. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • third degree — {n. phr.} A method of severe grilling used to extract information from an arrested suspect. * / Why give me the third degree? he asked indignantly. All I did was come home late because I had a drink with my friends. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • third degree — third de gree n give sb the third degree informal to ask someone a lot of questions in order to get information from them ▪ I got home after midnight and Dad gave me the third degree …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • third degree — third de gree n give sb the third degree informal to ask someone a lot of questions in order to get information from them ▪ I got home after midnight and Dad gave me the third degree …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • give somebody the third degree — give sb the ˌthird deˈgree idiom (informal) to question sb for a long time and in a thorough way; to use threats or violence to get information from sb Main entry: ↑third degreeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • third degree — noun give sb the third degree informal to ask someone a lot of questions in order to get information from them: I got home after midnight and Dad gave me the third degree …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • third degree — 1. intensive questioning or rough treatment, esp. by the police, in order to get information or a confession. 2. the degree of master mason in Freemasonry. [1860 65] * * * …   Universalium

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