sound the alarm

A form of raise the alarm — To call attention to a problem; to warn.

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Meanings

verbsound the alarm (third-person singular simple present sounds the alarm, present participle sounding the alarm, simple past and past participle sounded the alarm)

present singular third person sounds the alarm · participle present sounding the alarm · participle past sounded the alarm · past sounded the alarm

  1. alternativeAlternative form of raise the alarm.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
raise the alarm
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Chicago

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