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To complain strongly, usually as a group.
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Action groups are crying out against plans to build on the woodland area.
Submitted on August 29, 2012
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- stand by
- sum up
- take back
- wear off
- zero in on
- zero in on
- as if
- breath of fresh air
- buy time
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- chow down
- fair and square
- flesh out
- flutter in the dovecote
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- get into trouble
- get it
- good job
- half-baked
- in black and white
- in its infancy
- keep an eye peeled
- mind one's own business
- muckety muck
- nuts and bolts
- on a roll
- on the right track
- out of gas
- outside the box
- pay for it
- put one over
- rainy day
- red face test
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