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gives someone grief

gives someone grief is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone grief.

Meaning of give someone grief

Verb

give someone grief (third-person singular simple present gives someone grief, present participle giving someone grief, simple past gave someone grief, past participle given someone grief)

  1. To cause pain to someone.
    • Her elbow has been giving her grief.
  2. (idiomatic) To hassle or abuse someone.
    • Fred was giving me grief over the money I owed him.

Questions about gives someone grief

What is gives someone grief the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives someone grief is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone grief.

Words near gives someone grief in the dictionary

  1. gives someone butt cancer
  2. gives someone five
  3. gives someone goss
  4. gives someone gray hair
  5. gives someone grey hair
  6. gives someone grief
  7. gives someone Hail Columbia
  8. gives someone hell
  9. gives someone his gruel
  10. gives someone his hat
  11. gives someone Jesse

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