cry foul in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cry foul (third-person singular simple present cries foul, present participle crying foul, simple past and past participle cried foul)

Inflected forms

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"cry foul" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms