cry

See:

FAR CRY,

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD,

HUE AND CRY.

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[loud] See: [ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS], [FOR CRYING OUT LOUD], [OUT LOUD], [THINK ALOUD] or [THINK OUT LOUD]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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