reduce to tears

reduce someone to tears

to cause a person to cry through insults, frustration, and belittling. He scolded her so much that she was reduced to tears by the end of the meeting.

reduce somebody to tears

to make someone cry His classmates jeered, reducing him to tears.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emmie	EM-ee	English
Sargent	['sa:dʒənt]
Oli	AHL-ee	English
Danilo	-	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Pirkko	PEERK-ko	Finnish
Abby	AB-ee	English