reduce someone to tears in English

Audio: En-au-reduce someone to tears.ogg

Forms: reduces someone to tears [present, singular, third-person], reducing someone to tears [participle, present], reduced someone to tears [participle, past], reduced someone to tears [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=reduce someone to tears}} reduce someone to tears (third-person singular simple present reduces someone to tears, present participle reducing someone to tears, simple past and past participle reduced someone to tears)

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        "To cause to cry."
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        "(idiomatic, transitive, especially passive voice) To cause to cry."
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"reduce someone to tears" meaning in English

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