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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
Folami-Western African, Yoruba
Velimir-Croatian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic
Nadav-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hero (1)HEER-o (English)Greek Mythology
Fredianofre-DYAH-noItalian
SamuSAH-moo (Finnish)Hungarian, Finnish
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