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worry verb To become tired, experience physical fatigue.

1913 Kephart Our Sthn High 294 When a man is tired he likely will call it worried. c1950 Adams Grandpap 84 That evening, after Pap had worried with the old mare awhile, we all went over to Grandpap’s and Granny’s house. 1998 Hyde My Home 46 In describing a man in a hurry, my folks would say that he was “worried.”

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