lament
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lament (for) (someone or something)
To grieve for someone or something; to be full of sorrow because of someone or something. I know you miss him, but you need to stop lamenting for Jonathan and start living your life again. People lamenting the results of the election need to get ahold of themselves. It's not the end of the world as we know it.
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lament over (someone or something)
To grieve for someone or something; to be full of sorrow because of someone or something. I know you miss him, but you need to stop lamenting over Jonathan and start living your life again. People lamenting over the results of the election need to get ahold of themselves. This is not the end of the world as we know it.
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lament over someone or something
and lament (for) someone or somethingto sorrow over someone or something. There is no need to lament over Sam. There is nothing that crying will do for him now. She is still lamenting for her cat.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- better of
- be/have done with somebody/something
- be in line with (someone or something)
- (someone or something) promises well
- begin with
- begin with (someone or something)
- be rough on (someone or something)
- at the expense of somebody/something
- be partial to (someone or something)
- be enamored with (someone or something)