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Is it ok to use the preposition "for or because of" with "stress out" as in:

  • Don´t stress out for / becuase of the interview.

I know the the most common prepositions are over and about but I´ve found constructions like:

  • Don´t stress out for no reason.
  • Don´t stress out for not having the confidence.

Therefore, I wonder if "for and because of" can be used with any other nouns or noun phrases.

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    "Don't stress out" can be followed by many different types of prepositional phrase. You can give a specific cause of stress ("over the exam", "on account of the interview"), but you can also refer more generally to a stressful situation ("in college"), give background causes of the stress ("from lack of sleep"), provide another characterisation ("without a good reason"), or give a duration, time phrase, etc ("for long", "when you're young"). The preposition will depend on the meaning, and this question is too vague to give a proper answer with every possible preposition.
    – Stuart F
    Commented Aug 27 at 11:15
  • @StuartF I see what you mean with prepositional phrases. To be more precise. Does "Don´t stress out for the interview" sound idiomatic to you? when indicating the cause of the stress.
    – Marcelo Martel
    Commented Aug 27 at 19:31

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"Don't stress out" can be followed by many different types of prepositional phrase. You can give a specific cause of stress ("over the exam", "on account of the interview"), but you can also refer more generally to a stressful situation ("in college"), give background causes of the stress ("from lack of sleep"), provide another characterisation ("without a good reason"), or give a duration, time phrase, etc ("for long", "when you're young"). The preposition will depend on the meaning, and this question is too vague to give a proper answer with every possible preposition. --Stuart F.

I think it's a shame when a question remains unanswered for more than a week because someone answered it with a comment rather than an answer. So I cut and pasted Stuart F.'s comment here as what seems to me to be a great answer. I take no credit for the answer itself.

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  • Good idea to ensure useful material is retained. +1
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