- give someone ulcers
- informal
to make someone extremely worried
English dictionary. 2014.
English dictionary. 2014.
give someone ulcers — informal phrase to make someone extremely worried Thesaurus: to make someone worried or nervoussynonym Main entry: ulcer … Useful english dictionary
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