REDUCE TO TEARS

Meaning of REDUCE TO TEARS in English

ask hurtful questions until someone cries

The lawyer's hurtful questions soon reduced Karla to tears.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

REDUCE TO TEARS — bring to tears, make cry
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
REDUCE TO TEARS — ask hurtful questions until someone cries The lawyer's hurtful questions soon reduced Karla to tears.
English Idioms vocab
TEARS — plural of tear present third singular of tear
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REDUCE — rə̇ˈd(y)üs, rēˈ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English reducen to lead back, bring back, draw together, from Latin reducere, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REDUCE — (n.) To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others …
Английский словарь Webster
REDUCE — (n.) To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions …
Английский словарь Webster
REDUCE — (n.) To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance …
Английский словарь Webster
REDUCE — (n.) To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; to lower; …
Английский словарь Webster
REDUCE — ( n. ) To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
REDUCE — ( n. ) To bring to any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.; to diminish; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
REDUCE — ( n. ) To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
REDUCE — /ri doohs", -dyoohs"/ , v. , reduced, reducing . v.t. 1. to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REDUCE — verb ( re·duced ; re·duc·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, to lead back, from Latin reducere, from re- + ducere to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REDUCE — noun to bring or lead back to any former place or condition. 2. reduce ·noun to restore to its proper …
Webster English vocab
REDUCE — / rɪˈdjuːs; NAmE -ˈduːs/ verb 1. [ vn ] reduce sth (from sth) (to sth) | reduce sth (by sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REDUCE — re ‧ duce S1 W1 /rɪˈdjuːs $ rɪˈduːs/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: reducere …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
REDUCE — ( reduces, reducing, reduced) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REDUCE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a special/reduced rate (= a lower charge ) ▪ Reduced rates are available for groups …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
REDUCE — Synonyms and related words : abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, abstract, acetify, acidify, acidulate, adjust, adjust to, adulterate, afflict, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEARS — See: BORE TO TEARS, CROCODILE TEARS.
Slang English vocab
TEARS — n. Function: noun plural a profuse secretion of saline fluid that overflows the eyelids and dampens the face FF1C; a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TEARS — noun plural a profuse secretion of saline fluid that overflows the eyelids and dampens the face a blow that brought …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEARS — See ↑ CRY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be in tears • ↑ bring tears to sb's eyes/bring a lump to …
Longman Activator English vocab
REDUCE — INDEX: 1. to reduce the number, amount, price, or size of something 2. to reduce pain, worry, or unpleasant feelings …
Longman Activator English vocab
REDUCE — < language , mathematics > A symbolic mathematics language with ALGOL -like syntax , written in Lisp by Anthony Hearn …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
REDUCE — v. 1 cut (back), cut down (on), decrease, diminish, moderate, abate, lessen, shorten, truncate, abbreviate, abridge, curtail, crop, trim, compress, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TEARS — See: BORE TO TEARS, CROCODILE TEARS.
Словарь английских идиом
TEARS — rates
Anagrams English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TEARS — Рвет
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCE — гл. 1) а) ослаблять, понижать, сокращать, уменьшать We have been able to reduce our tax bill by 10%. ≈ Мы …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TEARS — Слезы людские, о слезы людские
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCE — reduce.ogg rıʹdju:s v ( обыкн. to) 1. снижать; сбавлять, уменьшать; сокращать to reduce expenditure production, staff - сокращать расходы производство, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
REDUCE — 1) уменьшать, снижать; понижать; сокращать; редуцировать 2) обжимать 3) восстанавливать; раскислять 4) дробить; измельчать 5) отгонять лёгкие фракции, отбензинивать 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
REDUCE — 1) уменьшать, снижать; понижать; сокращать; редуцировать 2) обжимать 3) восстанавливать; раскислять 4) дробить; измельчать 5) отгонять лёгкие фракции, отбензинивать 6) лесн. лущить, строгать 7) ослаблять 8) матем. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
REDUCE — 1) восстанавливать 2) измельчать 3) испергировать 4) концентрировать 5) понижать 6) приводить 7) редуцировать 8) сводить 9) сокращать 10) уменьшать • reduce ... to an identity — матем. обращать в тождество reduce …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
REDUCE — v ( обыкн. to) 1. снижать; сбавлять, уменьшать; сокращать to reduce expenditure production, staff - сокращать расходы производство, штат to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCE — _v. 1> понижать, ослаблять, уменьшать, сокращать; to reduce one's expenditure - сокращать свои расходы; to reduce prices - снижать цены; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
REDUCE — v. 1. понижать, ослаблять, уменьшать, сокращать; to reduce one's expenditure - сокращать свои расходы; to reduce prices - снижать цены; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
REDUCE — гл. 1) уменьшать, снижать 2) понижать (в должности) 3) сокращать 4) переводить, превращать 5) доводить до (to) • - do not reduce - reduce a price - reduce costs - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
REDUCE — _v. 1> понижать, ослаблять, уменьшать, сокращать; to reduce one's expenditure сокращать свои расходы; to reduce prices снижать цены; to reduce …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
REDUCE — 1) сокращать ( напр. расходы) ; уменьшать, снижать (цены) 2) сводить, превращать (в другую валюту) - do not reduce - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TEARS — Рвет
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
REDUCE — гл. 1) а) ослаблять, понижать, сокращать, уменьшать We have been able to reduce our tax bill by 10%. ≈ Мы …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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BACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEAR — I. tear 1 S3 W3 /tɪə $ tɪr/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable usually plural] a drop of salty …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRY — I. cry 1 S2 W2 /kraɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle cried , present participle crying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEAR — I. CRYING /tɪə(r)/ ( tears) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Tears …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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WEEP — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES shed/weep tears (= cry ) ▪ Don’t shed any tears for him. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
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TEAR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a banging/tearing/hissing etc sound ▪ There was an odd buzzing sound in her ears. …
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TAKE
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STREAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flood/stream of inquiries ▪ The special offer has produced a flood of inquiries …
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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ROLL
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RIGHT
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