turn on the waterworks (English, verb)
expansion: turn on the waterworks (third-person singular simple present turns on the waterworks, present participle turning on the waterworks, simple past and past participle turned on the waterworks)
Senses:
glosses: To start crying, especially in a way that the speaker finds irritating.
tags: figuratively
informal
Forms:
form: turns on the waterworks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: turning on the waterworks
tags: participle
present
form: turned on the waterworks
tags: participle
past
form: turned on the waterworks
tags: past