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say boo

say boo verb: to say anything, especially in protest or to complain.

Verb

say boo (third-person singular simple present says boo, present participle saying boo, simple past and past participle said boo)

  1. (US, informal, always in the negative) To say anything, especially in protest or to complain.
    • She took the last piece of cake, and nobody said boo.
    • Nobody says boo about it, nobody has had any problems with it until the Hydrostorage case came along.1993 March 24, Mr. [Harris W. ]Fawell, quotee, Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1036 […] , →OCLC, page 41

Forms of say boo

third-person singular presentsays boo
present participlesaying boo
past participlesaid boo
pastsaid boo

Questions about say boo

What does say boo mean?
Say boo means to say anything, especially in protest or to complain.
What part of speech is say boo?
Say boo is a verb.
What is the past tense of say boo?
The past tense of say boo is said boo.

Words near say boo in the dictionary

  1. say aah
  2. say again
  3. Say blister beetle
  4. Say blister beetles
  5. say bo to a goose
  6. say boo
  7. say boo to a goose
  8. say cheese
  9. say gex
  10. say goodbye
  11. say grace

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