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worrying someone sick

worrying someone sick is the present participle and gerund of worry someone sick.

Meaning of worry someone sick

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

Questions about worrying someone sick

What is worrying someone sick the present participle and gerund of?
Worrying someone sick is the present participle and gerund of worry someone sick.

Words near worrying someone sick in the dictionary

  1. worryin'
  2. worrying
  3. worrying along
  4. worrying back
  5. worrying down
  6. worrying someone sick
  7. worryingly
  8. worryings
  9. worryless
  10. worrylessness
  11. worrylines

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