To keep after a person so as to get him to do things: “He never gets a minute’s peace—she’s always ________.”
| NAGGING | 39 |
| NR | 15 |
| NAGGING AT HIM | 7 |
| AFTER HIM | 3 |
| NAGGING HIM | 3 |
| PUSHING HIM | 3 |
| PECKING AT HIM | 2 |
| BUGGING | 1 |
| CHEWING ON HIM | 1 |
| DOGGING HIS TRACKS | 1 |
| FUSSING AT HIM | 1 |
| GRIPING | 1 |
| HOUNDING | 1 |
| HOUNDING HIM | 1 |
| HURRYING HIM | 1 |
| IRRITATING | 1 |
| ON HIS NECK | 1 |
| RIDING HERD OVER HIM | 1 |
| TANTALIZING HIM | 1 |
| TORMENTING HIM | 1 |
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