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reduces someone to tears

reduces someone to tears is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 reduces someone to tears

What is reduces someone to tears the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reduces someone to tears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reduce someone to tears.

Words near reduces someone to tears in the dictionary

  1. reducent
  2. reducents
  3. reducer
  4. reducers
  5. reduces
  6. reduces someone to tears
  7. reducest
  8. reducetarian
  9. reducetarianism
  10. reducetarians
  11. reduceth

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