Usually means: Experienced many difficulties or challenges.
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  1. through the mill: Merriam-Webster
  2. through the mill: Wiktionary
  3. through the mill: Dictionary.com
  4. Through the mill: World Wide Words

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  1. through the mill: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (through the mill)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Through a period of bad treatment or an ordeal.

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