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stress out

stress out verb: to become stressed.

Verb

stress out (third-person singular simple present stresses out, present participle stressing out, simple past and past participle stressed out)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become stressed.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To inflict stress on someone or something.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To inflict mental, emotional, or psychological tension on (someone).
    • Will you stop worrying? You're stressing me out.
    • With her thesis defence coming up, she is completely stressed out.

Forms of stress out

third-person singular presentstresses out
present participlestressing out
past participlestressed out
paststressed out

Questions about stress out

What does stress out mean?
Stress out means to become stressed.
What part of speech is stress out?
Stress out is a verb.
What is the past tense of stress out?
The past tense of stress out is stressed out.

Words near stress out in the dictionary

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  2. stress incontinence
  3. stress mark
  4. stress marks
  5. stress of weather
  6. stress out
  7. stress puppies
  8. stress puppy
  9. stress test
  10. stress tests
  11. stress timing

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