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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