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bawl one's eyes out

bawl one's eyes out verb: to cry, shed tears, weep loudly.

Verb

bawl one's eyes out (third-person singular simple present bawls one's eyes out, present participle bawling one's eyes out, simple past and past participle bawled one's eyes out)

  1. (idiomatic) To cry, shed tears, weep loudly.

Forms of bawl one's eyes out

third-person singular presentbawls one's eyes out
present participlebawling one's eyes out
past participlebawled one's eyes out
pastbawled one's eyes out

Questions about bawl one's eyes out

What does bawl one's eyes out mean?
Bawl one's eyes out means to cry, shed tears, weep loudly.
What part of speech is bawl one's eyes out?
Bawl one's eyes out is a verb.
What is the past tense of bawl one's eyes out?
The past tense of bawl one's eyes out is bawled one's eyes out.

Words near bawl one's eyes out in the dictionary

  1. Bawi
  2. bawk
  3. Bawku
  4. bawl
  5. bawl off
  6. bawl one's eyes out
  7. bawl out
  8. bawl-babies
  9. bawl-baby
  10. bawled
  11. bawled off

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