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cry blue murder

cry blue murder verb: to make an unwarranted fuss.

Verb

cry blue murder (third-person singular simple present cries blue murder, present participle crying blue murder, simple past and past participle cried blue murder)

  1. To make an unwarranted fuss.
    • If told that they could not stay up late the children would cry blue murder.

Forms of cry blue murder

third-person singular presentcries blue murder
present participlecrying blue murder
past participlecried blue murder
pastcried blue murder

Questions about cry blue murder

What does cry blue murder mean?
Cry blue murder means to make an unwarranted fuss.
What part of speech is cry blue murder?
Cry blue murder is a verb.
What is the past tense of cry blue murder?
The past tense of cry blue murder is cried blue murder.

Words near cry blue murder in the dictionary

  1. cry and seethe
  2. cry arsing
  3. cry babies
  4. cry baby
  5. cry beef
  6. cry blue murder
  7. cry buckets
  8. cry carrots and turnips
  9. cry craven
  10. cry cupboard
  11. cry down

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