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reduce sb to sth/doing sth
— Phrasal Verb with reduce /rɪˈdjuːs/ verb [T]Definition
› to make someone unhappy or cause them to be in a bad situation: She was reduced to tears by his comments. I lost my job and was reduced to borrowing money from friends.
(Definition of reduce sb to sth/doing sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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