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Phrase(s): afflict someone with someone
to burden someone with an annoying person. • I was foolish enough to afflict myself with my young cousin for the weekend., Phrase(s): afflict someone with something
1. Lit. to cause someone to suffer from a disease or disability. • The virus has afflicted everyone in the valley. 2. Fig. to burden someone with trouble. • We were afflicted with all the worry that comes with raising a teenager.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs