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gave the third degree tophraseor gave (someone) the third degreepast tense of give the third degree to to put a series of questions toShe 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. catechized, examined, grilled, interrogated, pumped, queried, questioned, quizzed, sweat(or sweated, slang) debriefedcross-examined, cross-questionedannoyed, harassed, hounded, pesteredcanvassed(also canvased), polled picked the brains of |