give (one) grief
To criticize or tease someone. Once my brother hears that I hit a parked car, he'll give me grief about it for years to come. I'm pretty sure that Kevin likes Katie, so I keep giving him grief about it.
give someone grief
be a nuisance to someone. informal 1998 Times One of the passengers who'd been giving the cabin crew grief started yelling, ‘We've had a near miss.’