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worry someone sick

worry someone sick verb: to cause someone to worry to a great degree.

Verb

worry someone sick (third-person singular simple present worries someone sick, present participle worrying someone sick, simple past and past participle worried someone sick)

  1. (informal) To cause someone to worry to a great degree.
    • Frankly, it worries me sick to even think about it.1990, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Sybil at Sixteen
  2. (informal, reflexive) To worry to a great degree.
    • to worry oneself sick

Synonyms of worry someone sick

Forms of worry someone sick

third-person singular presentworries someone sick
present participleworrying someone sick
past participleworried someone sick
pastworried someone sick

Words formed from worry someone sick

  • worried sick

Questions about worry someone sick

What does worry someone sick mean?
Worry someone sick means to cause someone to worry to a great degree.
What part of speech is worry someone sick?
Worry someone sick is a verb.
What is the past tense of worry someone sick?
The past tense of worry someone sick is worried someone sick.

Words near worry someone sick in the dictionary

  1. worry back
  2. worry beads
  3. worry down
  4. worry line
  5. worry lines
  6. worry someone sick
  7. worry stone
  8. worry stones
  9. worry wart
  10. worry warts
  11. worry-free

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