cry like a baby

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cry like a baby (third-person singular simple present cries like a baby, present participle crying like a baby, simple past and past participle cried like a baby)

1. (simile, of an adult or older child) To bawl unabashedly and pitifully.

   When I cracked up my new Corvette, I cried like a baby.

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• crybaby