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cry like a little girl

cry like a little girl verb: of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.

Verb

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

  1. (informal, simile) Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
    Synonyms:
    cry like a baby

Synonyms of cry like a little girl

Forms of cry like a little girl

third-person singular presentcries like a little girl
present participlecrying like a little girl
past participlecried like a little girl
pastcried like a little girl

Questions about cry like a little girl

What does cry like a little girl mean?
Cry like a little girl means of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
What part of speech is cry like a little girl?
Cry like a little girl is a verb.
What is the past tense of cry like a little girl?
The past tense of cry like a little girl is cried like a little girl.

Words near cry like a little girl in the dictionary

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

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