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fret the gizzard

fret the gizzard verb: to vex oneself; to worry.

Verb

fret the gizzard (third-person singular simple present frets the gizzard, present participle fretting the gizzard, simple past and past participle fretted the gizzard)

  1. (idiomatic) To vex oneself; to worry.

Forms of fret the gizzard

third-person singular presentfrets the gizzard
present participlefretting the gizzard
past participlefretted the gizzard
pastfretted the gizzard

Questions about fret the gizzard

What does fret the gizzard mean?
Fret the gizzard means to vex oneself; to worry.
What part of speech is fret the gizzard?
Fret the gizzard is a verb.
What is the past tense of fret the gizzard?
The past tense of fret the gizzard is fretted the gizzard.

Words near fret the gizzard in the dictionary

  1. fresses
  2. fressing
  3. fret
  4. fret saw
  5. fret saws
  6. fret the gizzard
  7. fret-sawyer
  8. fret-sawyers
  9. freta
  10. Fretalian
  11. fretboard

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