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giving the third degree tophraseor giving (someone) the third degreepresent participle 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. catechizing, examining, grilling, interrogating, pumping, querying, questioning, quizzing, sweating(slang) debriefingcross-examining, cross-questioningannoying, harassing, hounding, pesteringcanvassing(also canvasing), polling picking the brains of |