reduce someone to tears
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[edit]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)
- (idiomatic, transitive, especially passive voice) To cause to cry.
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[edit]to cause to cry — see move someone to tears