reduce someone to tears

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Verb

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)

1. (idiomatic, transitive, especially passive voice) To cause to cry.

Synonyms

• move someone to tears

Translations

to cause to cry — see move someone to tears