big worry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbigandworry
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big
adjective
uk/bɪɡ/us/bɪɡ/
large in size ...
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worry
noun
uk/ˈwʌr.i/us/ˈwɝː.i/
a problem that makes you feel unhappy ...
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(Definition ofbigandworryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbig worry
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That is thebigworry.
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That is abigworry.
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I still have abigworry.
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There is also abigworryabout infrastructure catch-up.
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I do not believe that that is abigworry.
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Mybigworryis that the width of the judgment is quite staggering.
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The answer is of course nothing, which is abigworry.
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There was abigworryabout the cost of regulation to the practitioners.
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It is anotherbigworrywhen the police are called out and no one is left in the station.
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Mybigworryis that introducing charges into the health service as a way of limiting demand would have a very negative and detrimental effect.
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The concerns of the businessmen interviewed are familiar to us: 70% of them think that the ageing population is abigworry, the same as we do.
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Since the gate dielectric is so thin, only a few molecules thick, abigworryis breakdown of this layer.
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It depends on whom one speaks to, but well-placed sources—accountants and other finance people—have widely differing views about the extent of the problem, and that is thebigworry.
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