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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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- spell out
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- tee off
- think up
- touch off
- wail on
- arm to the teeth
- at peace
- blaze a trail
- brown thumb
- cream of the crop
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- give in
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- ham it up
- haul his ashes
- have a look-see
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- long row to hoe
- make a decision
- no joy
- not be caught dead
- odd and curious
- odds and ends
- of late
- on one's toes
- on the spot
- one fell swoop
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- raise the bar
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