"cry it out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cries it out [present, singular, third-person], crying it out [participle, present], cried it out [participle, past], cried it out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry it out (third-person singular simple present cries it out, present participle crying it out, simple past and past participle cried it out)
  1. Of a baby: to be left alone to cry until falling asleep (recommended in some approaches to parenting). Related terms: cry out

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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