"given someone a hard time" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} given someone a hard time
  1. past participle of give someone a hard time Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: give someone a hard time
    Sense id: en-given_someone_a_hard_time-en-verb-TyyuCw4r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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