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guilt trip

NOUN
exaggerated guilty feeling
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"She always used to guilt trip us about it."

From BBC Nov. 19, 2024

She even defies her father when he tries and fails to guilt trip her into not going to Sarah Lawrence.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2024

This paradox is Thomson’s central concern throughout the book, but that doesn’t mean “The Fatal Alliance” is a book-length guilt trip.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2023

If the crowd wasn’t laughing, he could lay on a guilt trip: “Could you be a little more quiet? Because I’m going to have a nervous breakdown.”

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2023

I wondered if their moms knew how to guilt trip them like a boss too.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan



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