break out in tears and break in tears

break in(to) tears

To suddenly begin to cry. My mother was fine this morning, but she broke into tears at the funeral. When I saw that last scene, I broke into tears. It was just so sad! You did a great job with the eulogy. I definitely would have broken into tears if I'd done it.

See also: break, tear

break out in(to) tears

To suddenly begin to cry. My mother was fine this morning, but she broke out in tears at the funeral. When I saw that last scene, I broke out in tears. It was just so sad! You did a great job with the eulogy. I definitely would have broken out into tears if I'd done it.

See also: break, out, tear

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break out in(to) tears and break in(to) tears

to start crying suddenly. I was so sad that I broke out into tears. I always break into tears at a funeral.

See also: and, break, out, tear

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