give someone grief

verb

Definitions

  1. To cause pain to someone.

    • Her elbow has been giving her grief.
  2. To hassle or abuse someone.

    • Fred was giving me grief over the money I owed him.
    • Some of his colleagues have "given him a bit of grief" for leaving his house, but Haines is quick to counter that he's following Government guidelines while out and about.

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No curated loop yet for give someone grief. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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