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move someone to tears

move someone to tears verb: to cause to cry.

Verb

move someone to tears (third-person singular simple present moves someone to tears, present participle moving someone to tears, simple past and past participle moved someone to tears)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive, especially passive voice) to cause to cry

move someone to tears meaning in Bengali

move someone to tears in Bengali

কাঁদানোর কারণ হওয়া

Synonyms of move someone to tears

Forms of move someone to tears

third-person singular presentmoves someone to tears
present participlemoving someone to tears
past participlemoved someone to tears
pastmoved someone to tears

Questions about move someone to tears

What does move someone to tears mean?
Move someone to tears means to cause to cry.
What is move someone to tears in Bengali?
Move someone to tears in Bengali is কাঁদানোর কারণ হওয়া. See Move someone to tears meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is move someone to tears?
Move someone to tears is a verb.
What is the past tense of move someone to tears?
The past tense of move someone to tears is moved someone to tears.

Words near move someone to tears in the dictionary

  1. move one's bowels
  2. move out
  3. move out to move up
  4. move over
  5. move sideways
  6. move someone to tears
  7. move south
  8. move the chains
  9. move the deckchairs on the Titanic
  10. move the dial
  11. move the goal posts

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