cry the blues (English, verb)
expansion: cry the blues (third-person singular simple present cries the blues, present participle crying the blues, simple past and past participle cried the blues)
Senses:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To sing in the style of blues music.
glosses: To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation.
tags: broadly
idiomatic
Forms:
form: cries the blues
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: crying the blues
tags: participle
present
form: cried the blues
tags: participle
past
form: cried the blues
tags: past