jump through hoops

Verb

Meaning

jump through hoops (third-person singular simple present jumps through hoops, present participle jumping through hoops, simple past and past participle jumped through hoops)

(idiomatic) To put forth great effort to meet requirements, usually arbitrary, set by someone.

They really made the salesman jump through hoops before buying anything.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

bend over backwards by hook or by crook bang away

Antonyms

take a breather take five

Examples

I don't want to jump through hoops for people. Nikki Sixx

Close letter words and terms

jump the reservation jump the shark jump the track jump to a conclusion jump to conclusions jump to conclusions about