"cry blue murder" meaning in All languages combined

See cry blue murder on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: cries blue murder [present, singular, third-person], crying blue murder [participle, present], cried blue murder [participle, past], cried blue murder [past]
Head templates: {{en-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.
    Sense id: en-cry_blue_murder-en-verb-BwXLYy1t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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