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Collocations for weep - verb

ADVERB

quietly, silently, softly
loudly
openly
The people wept openly when his death was announced.
bitterly
inconsolably (esp. BrE), uncontrollably
His grandmother was weeping uncontrollably.
copiously (esp. BrE)
almost, nearly
a little

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VERB + weep

begin to, start to
want to
make sb

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PREPOSITION

at
He wanted to weep at the unfairness of it all.
for
I felt I could have wept for joy.
He was weeping, in effect, for a lost age of innocence.
over
We had wept over the death of our parents.
with
She almost wept with happiness.

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PHRASES

break down and weep
Several of the soldiers broke down and wept.
weep and wail
The mourners followed the funeral procession, weeping and wailing.
weep buckets (= weep a lot)

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Weep is used with these nouns as the object:
tear

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