put (someone or something) under a microscope



put (someone or something) under a microscope

To begin closely inspecting someone or something; to examine someone or something with intense scrutiny. After I got that official reprimand at work, it feels like my bosses are putting me under a microscope. The country's surveillance methods are being put under a microscope lately, after news sources learned that it had been eavesdropping on its own citizens' communications.
See also: microscope, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Feroz-Urdu
Yuli-Russian
Biserka-Croatian, Serbian
IharEE-khahrBelarusian
Delilahdi-LIE-lə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
ŞEhrazat-Turkish