"cry foul" meaning in All languages combined

See cry foul on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cry foul.ogg Forms: cries foul [present, singular, third-person], crying foul [participle, present], cried foul [participle, past], cried foul [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry foul (third-person singular simple present cries foul, present participle crying foul, simple past and past participle cried foul)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To protest about something which appears to be unjust. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cry_foul-en-verb-McOk8ty0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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