Usually means: Cry or weep to manipulate.
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  1. turn on the waterworks: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. turn on the waterworks: Merriam-Webster
  3. turn on the waterworks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. turn on the waterworks: Wiktionary

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  1. turn on the waterworks: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (turn on the waterworks)

verb:  (informal, figuratively) To start crying, especially in a way that the speaker finds irritating.

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