REDUCE SB/STH (FROM STH) TO STH / TO DOING STH


Meaning of REDUCE SB/STH (FROM STH) TO STH / TO DOING STH in English

[ usually passive ] to force sb/sth into a particular state or condition, usually a worse one :

a beautiful building reduced to rubble

She was reduced to tears by their criticisms.

They were reduced to begging in the streets.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.