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cries like a baby

cries like a baby is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry like a baby.

Meaning of cry like a baby

Verb

cry like a baby (third-person singular simple present cries like a baby, present participle crying like a baby, simple past and past participle cried like a baby)

  1. (informal, simile) Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.

Questions about cries like a baby

What is cries like a baby the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cries like a baby is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cry like a baby.

Words near cries like a baby in the dictionary

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

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