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shout from the rooftops

shout from the rooftops verb: to announce eagerly and widely; to proclaim.

Verb

shout from the rooftops (third-person singular simple present shouts from the rooftops, present participle shouting from the rooftops, simple past and past participle shouted from the rooftops)

  1. (ambitransitive) To announce eagerly and widely; to proclaim.
    • This softly spoken but fluent communicator describes himself as an introvert who prefers not to shout from the rooftops.2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Delivering a basis for rail changes”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 30

Forms of shout from the rooftops

third-person singular presentshouts from the rooftops
present participleshouting from the rooftops
past participleshouted from the rooftops
pastshouted from the rooftops

Questions about shout from the rooftops

What does shout from the rooftops mean?
Shout from the rooftops means to announce eagerly and widely; to proclaim.
What part of speech is shout from the rooftops?
Shout from the rooftops is a verb.
What is the past tense of shout from the rooftops?
The past tense of shout from the rooftops is shouted from the rooftops.

Words near shout from the rooftops in the dictionary

  1. shouses
  2. Shouson Hill
  3. shout
  4. shout down
  5. shout fire in a crowded theater
  6. shout from the rooftops
  7. shout out
  8. shout the odds
  9. shout-out
  10. shout-outs
  11. Shouta

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