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
Seweryn	se-VE-rin	Polish
Coby	KO-bee	English
Brenden	BREN-dən	English
Sevastian	-	Russian
Ashtad	-	Persian Mythology
Roly	-	English