give someone grief
verbDefinitions
To cause pain to someone.
- Her elbow has been giving her grief.
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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA