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get grey hair from

get grey hair from verb: to acquire great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness from (something or someone).

Verb

get grey hair from (third-person singular simple present gets grey hair from, present participle getting grey hair from, simple past got grey hair from, past participle (UK) got grey hair from or (US) gotten grey hair from)

  1. (idiomatic) To acquire great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness from (something or someone).

Forms of get grey hair from

third-person singular presentgets grey hair from
present participlegetting grey hair from
pastgot grey hair from
past participle UKgot grey hair from
past participle USgotten grey hair from
alternative formget gray hair from

Origin of get grey hair from

See give someone grey hair.

Questions about get grey hair from

What does get grey hair from mean?
Get grey hair from means to acquire great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness from (something or someone).
What part of speech is get grey hair from?
Get grey hair from is a verb.
What is the past tense of get grey hair from?
The past tense of get grey hair from is got grey hair from.

Words near get grey hair from in the dictionary

  1. get glad in the same britches one got mad in
  2. get glad in the same pants one got mad in
  3. get going
  4. get got
  5. get gray hair from
  6. get grey hair from
  7. get happy
  8. get high
  9. get hitched
  10. get hold of
  11. get home

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