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to complain of
01
to state that one feels ill or one's body part is in pain
Transitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
of
Base verb
complain
Present tense
complain of
3rd person singular
complains of
Present participle
complaining of
Past simple
complained of
Past participle
complained of
Examples
She came to the doctor 's office to complain of persistent headaches that had been troubling her for weeks.
