stress out

Idioms and Phrases

Subject to or undergo extreme pressure or strain, as from working. For example, I badly need a vacation; I'm just plain stressed out from this job and its aggravations . The verb stress has meant “afflict with hardship” or “distress” since the 16th century, but the phrase stress out , alluding to psychological stress, dates only from the 1940s.

Example Sentences

The rigorous outfit swapping attendant to royal protocol is said to stress out the duchess—not that the stress shows.

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