"worry someone sick" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: worries someone sick [present, singular, third-person], worrying someone sick [participle, present], worried someone sick [participle, past], worried someone sick [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} worry someone sick (third-person singular simple present worries someone sick, present participle worrying someone sick, simple past and past participle worried someone sick)
  1. (informal) To cause someone to worry to a great degree. Tags: informal Translations (reflexive): se faire de la bile (French), se faire du mauvais sang (French), se faire un sang d’encre (French), se ronger les sangs (French), se faire du mouron (French), se faire des cheveux blancs (French)
    Sense id: en-worry_someone_sick-en-verb-Df9C0Wc7 Disambiguation of 'reflexive': 74 26
  2. (informal, reflexive) To worry to a great degree. Tags: informal, reflexive Synonyms: tie oneself in knots
    Sense id: en-worry_someone_sick-en-verb-f7Vezebu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: worried sick (english: originally a passive past participle, now used adjectivally) Related terms: sick with worry

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