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  • 41worry — Australian Slang 1. person who causes concern: You re a definite worry ; 2. cause for concern: It s a worry …

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  • 42worry — 1. verb 1) she worries about his health Syn: fret, be concerned, be anxious, agonize, brood, panic, lose sleep, get worked up, get stressed, get in a state, stew, torment oneself 2) is something worrying you? Syn …

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  • 43worry — 1. verb 1) she worries about his health Syn: be anxious, be concerned, fret, agonize, brood, panic, lose sleep, get worked up; informal get in a flap, get in a state 2) is something worrying you? Syn: trouble …

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  • 44worry wart — n. someone who worries all the time. □ Don’t be such a worry wart. □ I’m sorry I’m such a worry wart …

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  • 45worry beads — noun plural Etymology: so called from the belief that the fingering releases nervous tension : a string of beads to be fingered so as to keep one s hands occupied * * * noun [plural] : small beads on a string that people hold and move with their… …

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  • 46worry beads — a string of beads manipulated to relieve worry and tension. [1955 60] * * * …

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  • 47worry lines — a type of dynamic lines consisting of horizontal lines across the forehead that become more prominent when the person is having stress or worry. Called also forehead l s …

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  • 48worry — [OE] Worry originally meant ‘strangle’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *wurgjan, which also produced German wügen ‘choke, strangle’. The sense ‘harass physically’ (as in ‘dogs worrying sheep’) emerged in the 16th century, via an… …

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  • 49worry at — pull at or fiddle with repeatedly. → worry …

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  • 50worry something out — discover or devise a solution by persistent thought. → worry …

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