Emotions & feelings
cry your eyes out
cry very heavily
To cry a lot or very intensely because you are extremely upset.
Hear it in real life
How was the film?
Beautiful, but I cried my eyes out at the end.
He cried his eyes out when his best friend moved away.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: cry my eye out
Say: cry my eyes out
The fixed expression uses the plural noun "eyes," even when the subject is singular.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
cry your eyes out; cried my eyes out
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He cried his eyes out when his best friend moved away.
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cry your eyes out
cry very heavily
“He cried his eyes out when his best friend moved away.”
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