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gave someone a hard time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
gave -some-one a hard -time
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of give someone a hard time

Questions

What does gave someone a hard time mean?
simple past of give someone a hard time

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