give someone hell (English, verb)
expansion: give someone hell (third-person singular simple present gives someone hell, present participle giving someone hell, simple past gave someone hell, past participle given someone hell)
Senses:
glosses: To castigate someone; to dress them down.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To torment; To make miserable.
glosses: To put up a fight against; to battle strongly and effectively.
Forms:
form: gives someone hell
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving someone hell
tags: participle
present
form: gave someone hell
tags: past
form: given someone hell
tags: participle
past