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fret (verb):
to become worried or concerned.
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : The meat-and-potatoes meaning of fret is “to eat.” The verb is used literally, as in “Moths fretted the clothing,” but more often figuratively to describe actions that corrode or wear away. A river “frets away” at its banks, or something might be said to be “fretted out” with time or age. Fret also applies to emotional experiences so that something that “eats away at someone” is “fretting the heart or mind.”
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