reduce someone to tears

Verb

Meaning

reduce someone to tears (third-person singular simple present reduces someone to tears, present participle reducing someone to tears, simple past and past participle reduced someone to tears)

(idiomatic, transitive, especially passive) To cause to cry.

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Synonyms

move someone to tears

Close letter words and terms

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