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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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- zoom down
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- at heart
- black babies
- blaze a trail
- blessing in disguise
- brown thumb
- call a spade a spade
- come hell or high water
- don't get me started
- fish or cut bait
- flea in one's ear
- frog in one's throat
- get it
- get one's claws into
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- go red
- green light
- half a mind
- heart of gold
- hold your fire
- how's tricks
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- keep somebody posted
- lemon law
- make out like a bandit
- muckety muck
- no holds barred
- no joy
- not half bad
- number one
- off the bat
- off the mark
- out of one's depth
- over and over
- pass on
- quick-and-dirty
- right on
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