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givesomeoneahard time (third-person singular simple presentgives someone a hard time,present participlegiving someone a hard time,simple pastgave someone a hard time,past participlegiven someone a hard time)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To causedifficulty or maketrouble for someone.

   During WWII, German troopsgave the Allies a hard time in Italy, but eventually the Allies broke through.

2. (informal, idiomatic) Totease,kid orrib someone.

   He's usually pretty good-natured when the childrengive him a hard time about his bald spot.

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