Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cried someone a river

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
cried -some-one a riv-er
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does cried someone a river mean?
simple past and past participle of cry someone a river

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