in tears

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Related to in tears: tear up, tear off, tear limb from limb, tear to pieces, tearing apart

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in tears

Crying, weeping, or sobbing. My brother was in tears after he and his boyfriend broke up.

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She has been in tears many times during the last few days, and even, fleetingly, felt like quitting the show altogether at one point and fleeing all the attention.

'Frightened rabbit' Susan Boyle 'considered quitting' Britain's Got Talent'

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