grieve for

grieve for (someone or something)

To experience intense feelings of sadness or mourning due to a particular loss (often the death of a loved one). It's been years since my mother died, and yet I'm still grieving for her. You need time to grieve for what you lost by growing up in such a dysfunctional household.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

grieve for someone or something

to mourn for someone or something. Don't grieve for me. I'm okay. She grieved for her lost chances.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • grieve
  • grieve for (someone or something)
  • grieve over
  • grieve over (someone or something)
  • empty nest syndrome
  • drive (one) to despair
  • drive to despair
  • a sad sight
  • hurt feelings
  • lump to (one's) throat
References in periodicals archive
The first witness at Grieve's trial, a father and company director, said he went to see Grieve for help with back pain.
After a miscarriage, you grieve for a person you never knew, and for a relationship that ended before it really began.
After a miscarriage, you grieve for a person you never knew and for a relationship that ended before it really began.
All these people, all this work, is worth grieving, and we who remain at Church House do grieve for them, profoundly, sincerely, sadly.
We must grieve for the parents left shattered by this tragic accident.
We must grieve for the relatives who have lost a loved one.