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Meanings of badgering in English

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The act of harassing someone.

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Usage of badgering in English
1
I said 'OK' so he would stop badgering me, she wrote.
Reuters
2
The friend added: Coleen's had enough of Becky badgering her for the evidence.
News.com.au
3
We kept badgering Mother to let us go back to our cousins' house.
Escape
4
Or are they talking about financial incentives, veiled threats, bargaining and relentless badgering?
News.com.au
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There was no humor in Hans' voice, no trace of badgering.
Anvil of stars
6
The talk dragged along little by little and Flossie began badgering young Haight.
Vandover and the Brute
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He accepted that badgering as martyrs accept the anguish of fire.
Alcatraz
8
But after about an hour of us badgering him, he vanished.
John Dies at the End
9
The wife had been badgering me to take her to the French restaurant.
Evan and elle
10
I think that is sufficient and you are upsetting her with your badgering.
Wild Justice
11
But he took no notice, and went on badgering me for more stories.
Boycotted, and Other Stories
12
If I seemed to be badgering you, Mr. Noonan, I apologize.'
Bag of Bones
13
Now, what in thunder are you all about, badgering that little chap so?
The Debtor: A Novel
14
She got round me, badgering me, till I didn't know where I was.
Orley Farm
15
The department for education only recently agreed to meet Robinson after months of badgering.
The Guardian
16
He kept badgering Arthur to make me talk to him.
Escape
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Translations for badgering
Badgering through the time
Badgering across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common