third degree
[noun]
Synonyms: cross-examination, grill, grilling, interrogation

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ˌthird deˈgree noun
give somebody 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.

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ˈthird-degree adjective [always before noun]

1. third-degree burn [usually plural] the most serious kind of burn, that goes right through your skin

2. third-degree murder/burglary/assault etc American English murder etc that is considered by a court to be the least serious of three different kinds

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third degree
[informal]
a situation in which someone tries to find out information by asking you a lot of questions.
Where have I been, who have I been with! What's this? The third degree?

If I'm even half an hour late she gives me the third degree.

I got the third degree from my dad when I got in last night.

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third degree
detailed questioning
The boy's mother gave him the third degree when he came home late last night.

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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."

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