concern (someone) with (someone or something)

concern (someone) with (someone or something)

1. To involve someone in something to the extent that they feel partly responsible for dealing with it. You really don't need to concern your mother with our financial issues—we're perfectly capable of sorting them out on our own.2. To cause someone to worry about something. I don't want to concern my parents with this news until we get more information about how serious the illness is.See also: concern

concern someone with someone or something

to busy someone with someone or something; to worry someone with thoughts of someone or something. I hope Jennifer does not concern herself with this matter. Try to concern him with something other than his work.See also: concern