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cry

[krahy] / kraɪ /




VERB
formally announce to others
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“My parents say that I came home one day and asked them what does ‘don’t cry’ mean,” Yeun said.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2021

In the ‘kiss and cry’ area - where skaters wait for their scores – there are rarely dramatic displays.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2020

“People have said, ‘Don’t cry’ to other people for years and years,” he said, “And all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show your feelings’ .

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2019

"The last words my son said to me were 'mother don't cry'," 69-year-old Chen Yuying tells me.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2014

It means 'to cry' and suggests the manner befitting those who bear God's message.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander




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