What does hurt for mean?

hurt for

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

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verb

American usage

verb

American usage

"I'm hurting for a ride home."
"I hurt for the victims."
"She was so different then. She had a horror story to tell me about her and Henry. They had twins that were still born. I had hurt for her but she had grown even more cold-hearted than me."

hurts for (present, singular) hurting for (participle, present)

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