The informal idiomatic expression jump through hoops means to do a complicated or annoying series of things in order to get or achieve something:
I had to jump through a lot of hoops to make him do it for me.
You really don’t have to jump through hoops nowadays to find information on tax laws in the United States.
I thought it would be easy to convince him, but I actually had to jump through some hoops before I eventually managed to do it.
You will have to jump through hoops to get this grant, I’m afraid.
If you agree to cooperate with us, we won’t make you jump through hoops to start the business.
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