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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stress out

“It will take a lot of that stress out of the process,” Fleming says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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

You can declare your other car is a poem, ask drivers not to stress out your dog or claim to be a silly goose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2025

“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

I don’t even tell her about my panic attack because it would just make her stress out more.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold