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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cry it out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Of a baby: to be left alone to cry until falling asleep (recommended in some approaches to parenting).
    • The same rules for maintaining sleep should be used for autistic children as for typical children—short interventions that are not repeated, and a period in which the child “cries it out.” 2007, Bryna Siegel, Helping Children with Autism Learn:
    • Clearly, crying it out is too brutal, and no-cry sleep solutions are too slow; the only ideal way to deal with sleep problems is to avoid them in the first place. 2010, Cathryn Tobin, The Lull-a-Baby Sleep Plan:

Forms

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crying it out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cries it out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cried it out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cried it out Tense=Past lexicographic

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cry out