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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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- knock out
- look into
- mock up
- play up
- pour out
- turn back
- blaze a trail
- brush up
- call a spade a spade
- catch-as-catch-can
- come hell or high water
- common-or-garden
- dead duck
- elbow room
- fat of the land
- from time to time
- grace period
- gray area
- in touch
- king
- lower the boom
- night owl
- no joy
- no slouch
- nuts and bolts
- on the nose
- one fell swoop
- out of line
- out of proportion
- outside the box
- over and over
- penny pincher
- point the finger at
- pound the pavement
- quake in one's boots
- rain cheque
- rough around the edges
- round of applause
- rule of thumb
- same old story
- see red
- set one's cap at
- shotgun
- so there
- sob story
- stand a chance
- take one's time
- than a bygod
- thin-skinned
- time after time
- under one's belt
- under pressure
- under the gun
- virgin territory
- walk in the park
- what in god's name
- come on
- all but
- bowled over
- knocked for a six
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