stress out

Idioms  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

The week has started on a positive footing for precious metals as investors look wary at fresh tariff stress out of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

But Frayer believes the best way to build sustainable wealth is not to stress out about the right time to sell an asset, or the feeling of regret with seller’s remorse.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

“The doctor says, ‘well if you get pregnant it’s a geriatric pregnancy’ — how is that word allowed to be used?" she asked. "In the same breath, they tell you, ‘Don’t stress out, just relax.’

From Salon • May 22, 2024

So in these circumstances, the most important thing is to be a person who doesn’t stress out the actors, who are often already nervous about the dance portion, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023

And I imagine, too, that they have the same unfortunate "hereditary tendencies"—an expression on which you laid stress out of special friendship for me.

From Three Comedies by Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson)