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cries it out

cries it out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry it out.

Meaning of cry it out

Verb

cry it out (third-person singular simple present cries it out, present participle crying it out, simple past and past participle cried it out)

  1. Of a baby: to be left alone to cry until falling asleep (recommended in some approaches to parenting).
    • The same rules for maintaining sleep should be used for autistic children as for typical children—short interventions that are not repeated, and a period in which the child “cries it out.”2007, Bryna Siegel, Helping Children with Autism Learn

Questions about cries it out

What is cries it out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cries it out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry it out.

Words near cries it out in the dictionary

  1. cries from the rooftops
  2. cries halves
  3. cries havoc
  4. cries in one's beer
  5. cries in the wilderness
  6. cries it out
  7. cries like a baby
  8. cries like a little girl
  9. cries off
  10. cries on
  11. cries one's eyes out

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