- reduce someone to
- make someone helpless with (shock, anguish, or amusement).→ reduce
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
reduce someone to
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reduce (someone) to (something) — to force someone into a worse condition than usual. He had to sell his home to pay his legal fees and was reduced to parking cars for money. Sheila s cries reduced him to silence … New idioms dictionary
reduce someone to tears — reduce (someone) to tears to make someone cry. His classmates jeered, reducing him to tears … New idioms dictionary
reduce someone/thing to — bring someone or something by force or necessity to (an undesirable state or action). → reduce … English new terms dictionary
reduce someone to tears — довести до слёз You may choose to scold this child, but there s no need to reduce him to tears. Source: (Arakin 4, 15) … Idioms and examples
reduce someone to the ranks — demote a non commissioned officer to an ordinary soldier. → reduce … English new terms dictionary
reduce someone to the ranks — demote a noncommissioned officer to an ordinary soldier … Useful english dictionary
reduce to tears — reduce (someone) to tears to make someone cry. His classmates jeered, reducing him to tears … New idioms dictionary
reduce — re|duce [ rı dus ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to make something smaller or less in size, amount, importance, etc: CUT DOWN: Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet. reduce something by something: The workforce will be reduced by around 30… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
reduce to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms reduce to : present tense I/you/we/they reduce to he/she/it reduces to present participle reducing to past tense reduced to past participle reduced to 1) reduce something to something to make something change… … English dictionary
reduce — verb 1》 make or become smaller or less in amount, degree, or size. ↘boil (a sauce or other liquid) so that it becomes thicker and more concentrated. ↘chiefly N. Amer. (of a person) lose weight. ↘Photography make (a negative or print)… … English new terms dictionary
