Idiom
bawl one's eyes out
Meaning
To cry, shed tears, weep loudly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She bawled her eyes out during the sad movie.”
“After hearing the bad news, he went to his room and bawled his eyes out for an hour.”
“Overwhelmed by the sudden loss, she retreated to the garden where she bawled her eyes out, finally releasing the grief she had held inside for so long.”
Examples
simple
“She bawled her eyes out during the sad movie.”
contextual
“After hearing the bad news, he went to his room and bawled his eyes out for an hour.”
complex
“Overwhelmed by the sudden loss, she retreated to the garden where she bawled her eyes out, finally releasing the grief she had held inside for so long.”
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