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Definition of fret verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

fret

verb

NAmE//frɛt//

[intransitive, transitive] fret (about/over something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they fret

he / she / it frets

past simple fretted

-ing form fretting

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fret (that…) to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax Fretting about it won't help. Her baby starts to fret as soon as she goes out of the room.

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