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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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- ring back
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- at one's beck and call
- bite one's tongue
- breathe easy
- cherry-pick
- fair game
- fall off a truck
- fat of the land
- from cover to cover
- get the ball rolling
- go blue
- grace period
- hack it
- heart of gold
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- hit someone for six
- in black and white
- in evidence
- in line
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- keep an eye on
- keep an eye out
- kiss of death
- lip service
- make a decision
- make headway
- middle ground
- middle of the road
- not be caught dead
- on the horn
- out of house and home
- out of order
- put down roots
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- run into the ground
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