give sb trouble

  • 1give someone trouble — make things difficult for someone, make problems for someone …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2give — 1 verb past tense gavepast participle given PROVIDE/SUPPLY 1 (T) to provide or supply someone with something: give sb sth: Researchers were given a 10,000 grant to continue their work. | Can you give me a ride to the office on Tuesday? | He went… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 3give — give1 [ gıv ] (past tense gave [ geıv ] ; past participle giv|en [ gıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 provide someone with something ▸ 2 make someone owner of something ▸ 3 put medicine in someone ▸ 4 cause effect/experience ▸ 5 communicate ▸ 6 perform action …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 4give — I UK [ɡɪv] / US verb Word forms give : present tense I/you/we/they give he/she/it gives present participle giving past tense gave UK [ɡeɪv] / US past participle given UK [ˈɡɪv(ə)n] / US *** 1) [transitive] to put something in someone s hand, or… …

    English dictionary

  • 5trouble — [n1] annoyance, worry agitation, anxiety, bad news*, bind, bother, commotion, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, discontent, discord, disorder, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, grief, hang up*, heartache,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 6give (somebody) (some) trouble — give (sb) (some, no, any, etc.) ˈtrouble idiom to cause problems or difficulties • My back s been giving me a lot of trouble lately. • The children didn t give me any trouble at all when we were out …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7give (somebody) (no) trouble — give (sb) (some, no, any, etc.) ˈtrouble idiom to cause problems or difficulties • My back s been giving me a lot of trouble lately. • The children didn t give me any trouble at all when we were out …

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  • 8give (somebody) (any) trouble — give (sb) (some, no, any, etc.) ˈtrouble idiom to cause problems or difficulties • My back s been giving me a lot of trouble lately. • The children didn t give me any trouble at all when we were out …

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  • 9trouble — [trub′əl] vt. troubled, troubling [ME trublen < OFr trubler < VL * turbulare, altered (infl. by L turbula, disorderly group, dim. of turba, crowd) < LL turbidare, to trouble, make turbid < L turbidus,TURBID] 1. to disturb or agitate… …

    English World dictionary

  • 10Trouble — Trou ble, n. [F. trouble, OF. troble, truble. See {Trouble}, v. t.] 1. The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity. [1913 Webster] Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise. Milton. [1913 Webster] Foul… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English