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cause deep emotional pain and grief to somebody

be on at someone Idiom, Proverb

at one with someone

share the same view as someone The other members of the committee are at one with me over my decision to fire the lazy worker.

at someone

always ready to serve somebody His eldest daughter is always at his beck and call when he spends an evening at home.

attend to someone

take care or deal with someone The doctor attended to the other patient before he got to my mother.

badger someone

get someone to do something by repeated questions or by bothering them I always have to badger my friend in order to make him return my computer game software.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

ball is in someone's court

be someone else's move or turn The ball was in the union's court after the company made their final offer.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

beat someone to the punch (draw)

do something before others He beat me to the punch and arrived at the interview first.

break someone's heart

make someone feel very disappointed/discouraged/sad.

break up (with someone)

stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriend last June.

be on at

1. To be televised at a accurate time (which follows "at"). The cine is on at 8, so I'm activity to alpha authoritative the airheaded now.2. To nag addition about something. In this usage, "at" is followed by a noun or pronoun. Ugh, my mom is on at me all the time about my grades, but I aloof accept no absorption in the classes I'm demography this semester.Learn more: on

be on at someone

nag or beef at someone. British informalLearn more: on, someone

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