"give someone grey hair" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gives someone grey hair [present, singular, third-person], giving someone grey hair [participle, present], gave someone grey hair [past], given someone grey hair [participle, past]
Etymology: The phrase is influenced by the popular belief that stress can cause the greying of hair (that link wasn't shown to be grounded scientifically until a January 2020 study on stress in mice for the Nature journal). Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone grey hair}} give someone grey hair (third-person singular simple present gives someone grey hair, present participle giving someone grey hair, simple past gave someone grey hair, past participle given someone grey hair)
  1. (idiomatic) To give someone great frustration, confusion, or anxiousness. Wikipedia link: Nature (journal), greying of hair Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: give someone gray hair, give grey hair to Related terms: grey-haired, oxidative stress Coordinate_terms: get grey hair from

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