"cry like a little girl" meaning in English

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Verb

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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cry like a little girl meaning in English (1.7kB)

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