"give someone grief" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give someone grief.ogg Forms: gives someone grief [present, singular, third-person], giving someone grief [participle, present], gave someone grief [past], given someone grief [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone grief}} give someone grief (third-person singular simple present gives someone grief, present participle giving someone grief, simple past gave someone grief, past participle given someone grief)
  1. To cause pain to someone.
    Sense id: en-give_someone_grief-en-verb-XHJa9VMr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (idiomatic) To hassle or abuse someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-give_someone_grief-en-verb-irWjDP60
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