"cry like a baby" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-cry like a baby.ogg Forms: cries like a baby [present, singular, third-person], crying like a baby [participle, present], cried like a baby [participle, past], cried like a baby [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry like a baby (third-person singular simple present cries like a baby, present participle crying like a baby, simple past and past participle cried like a baby)
  1. (simile, of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully. Synonyms: cry like a little girl Related terms: crybaby
    Sense id: en-cry_like_a_baby-en-verb-Iq8wWX~E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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