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To cry out against

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to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame.

See also: Cry



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The boldest thing that the accusers did," continued Grandfather, "was to cry out against the governor's own beloved wife.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The cunning diplomatist smiled inwardly as he owned that he owed his fortune to it, and acknowledged that he at least ought not to cry out against it.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Again she would sit passive in her chair exposed to pain, and Helen's fantastical or gloomy words were like so many darts goading her to cry out against the hardness of life.
The Voyage Out by Woolf, Virginia View in context
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