jump through a hoop

[jump through a hoop] {v. phr.}, {informal} To do whatever you are told to do; obey any order.

* /Bob would jump through a hoop for Mary./

Compare: TWIST AROUND ONE'S LITTLE FINGER, UNDER ONE'S THUMB.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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