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reduced someone to tears

reduced someone to tears is the simple past and past participle of reduce someone to tears.

Meaning of reduce someone to tears

Verb

reduce someone to tears (third-person singular simple present reduces someone to tears, present participle reducing someone to tears, simple past and past participle reduced someone to tears)

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

Questions about reduced someone to tears

What is reduced someone to tears the simple past and past participle of?
Reduced someone to tears is the simple past and past participle of reduce someone to tears.

Words near reduced someone to tears in the dictionary

  1. reduced masses
  2. reduced ring
  3. reduced rings
  4. reduced row echelon form
  5. reduced row echelon forms
  6. reduced someone to tears
  7. reduced time
  8. reduced vowel
  9. reduced vowels
  10. reduced word
  11. reduced words

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