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- Middle English · inherited fromheu and cri
- English todayhue and cry
From Middle English heu and cri, from the Anglo-Norman legal phrase hu e cri.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hue and cry
Today it means: The public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase. Full definition →
Middle English heu and cri