give (one) grief

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give (one) grief

To criticize or tease someone. Once my brother hears that I hit a parked car, he'll give me grief about it for years to come. I'm pretty sure that Kevin likes Katie, so I keep giving him grief about it.

give someone grief

be a nuisance to someone. informal

1998 Times One of the passengers who'd been giving the cabin crew grief started yelling, ‘We've had a near miss.’

give somebody ˈgrief (about/over something)

(informal) be annoyed with somebody and criticize their behaviour: Stop giving me grief and let me finish this!

See also: give, grief, somebody

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give somebody grief
give someone grief
bust on (someone or something)
bust on someone/something
give (one) a bad time
give somebody a rough, hard, bad, etc. time
make game of (someone or something)
make sport of (someone or something)
sling off at (someone)
butt of a joke

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