"bawl one's eyes out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bawls one's eyes out [present, singular, third-person], bawling one's eyes out [participle, present], bawled one's eyes out [participle, past], bawled one's eyes out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bawl one's eyes out (third-person singular simple present bawls one's eyes out, present participle bawling one's eyes out, simple past and past participle bawled one's eyes out)
  1. (idiomatic) To cry, shed tears, weep loudly. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bawl_one's_eyes_out-en-verb-UYofL2O2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Crying

Inflected forms

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