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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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- back-to-back
- be my guest
- bear in mind
- bend the truth
- born yesterday
- creature comfort
- dead duck
- dry run
- field day
- follow through
- full speed ahead
- get into trouble
- get one's act together
- give birth
- go red
- grain of salt
- hard of hearing
- hat in hand
- hit a snag
- how's tricks
- in the hot seat
- in the nick of time
- jump the gun
- keep one on one's toes
- kick the bucket
- kindred soul
- lie through one's teeth
- lip service
- not in kansas anymore
- odd and curious
- off the bat
- out of house and home
- penny pincher
- price on one's head
- put down roots
- quick-and-dirty
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- sell ice to eskimos
- shape up
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- up one's sleeve
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