cry like a baby in English

Audio: En-au-cry like a baby.ogg

[Australia] 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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        "(simile, informal) Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully."
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"cry like a baby" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms