hurt for someone or something

  • 1hurt for someone or something — in. to ong after someone or something; to need someone or something. □ Sam really hurts for Mary. □ I sure am hurting for a nice big steak …

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  • 2hurt for — [phrasal verb] US informal 1 hurt for (something) : to lack (something needed) Those children are hurting for attention. [=those children need to be given more attention] The company is hurting for money right now. 2 hurt for (someone) : to have… …

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  • 3it won't hurt you to do something — it won’t hurt you to do something spoken phrase used for telling someone that they should do something It won’t hurt you to be polite for a change. Thesaurus: ways of encouraging or telling someone to do somethingsynonym Main entry: hurt …

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  • 4it won't hurt you to do something — spoken used for telling someone that they should do something It won t hurt you to be polite for a change …

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  • 5hurt — hurt1 [ hɜrt ] (past tense and past participle hurt) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to cause physical pain or injury: You re hurting my arm! These new boots hurt. hurt yourself doing something: Don t hurt yourself exercising. a ) to… …

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  • 6hurt — hurt1 W3S2 [hə:t US hə:rt] v past tense and past participle hurt ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(injure somebody)¦ 2¦(feel pain)¦ 3¦(cause pain)¦ 4¦(insult somebody)¦ 5¦(bad effect)¦ 6 be hurting 7 something won t/doesn t hurt ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; …

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  • 7hurt — 1 verb past tense and past participle hurt 1 (I, T) if a part of your body hurts, you feel pain in it: My back hurts. | it hurts: Where does it hurt? | hurt sb: My shoulder s really hurting me. | hurt like hell (=hurt very much) 2 (T) if you hurt …

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  • 8hurt — I UK [hɜː(r)t] / US [hɜrt] verb Word forms hurt : present tense I/you/we/they hurt he/she/it hurts present participle hurting past tense hurt past participle hurt *** 1) [intransitive] to feel pain somewhere in your body Fred s knees hurt after… …

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  • 9hurt — [[t]hɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦♦ hurts, hurting, hurt 1) VERB If you hurt yourself or hurt a part of your body, you feel pain because you have injured yourself. [V pron refl] Yasin had seriously hurt himself while trying to escape from the police... [V n] He …

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  • 10hurt*/*/*/ — [hɜːt] (past tense and past participle hurt) verb I 1) to feel pain somewhere in your body Fred s knees hurt after skiing all day.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to cause someone physical pain or injury You re hurting my arm![/ex] These new boots hurt.[/ex] Don t …

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