turn on the waterworks
old-fashioned disapprovingDefinition
› to start crying, especially too much or in a way that does not seem necessary or real: You can turn on the waterworks all you like - I'm not going to change my mind!Weeping and crying
(Definition of turn on the waterworks from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bawl verb (CRY)
- blubber verb
- boohoo exclamation
- burst out laughing/crying idiom
- crocodile tears noun
- crumple verb
- cry-baby noun
- lachrymose adjective
- mist (sth) over/up phrasal verb
- misty-eyed adjective
- not a dry eye in the house idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- snivel verb
- snuffle verb, noun
- tear noun 2
- teardrop noun
- weep verb (CRY)
- weepy adjective
- weepy noun
- wept verb
Topic:
Weeping and crying
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