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cry wolf
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To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.
"The politicians would cry wolf at the slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them."
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    Nearby phrases:  cry someone a river,  cry the blues,  crying shame,  crystal clear


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