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Sound off   /saʊnd ɔf/   Listen
Sound off

verb
1.
Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation.  Synonyms: animadvert, opine, speak out, speak up.
2.
Start playing.  Synonym: strike up.
3.
Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.  Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch.  "She has a lot to kick about"  Antonym: cheer.





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"Sound off" Quotes from Famous Books



... when a cock crowed! Alarmed at this omen, Trimalchio ordered wine thrown under the table and told them to sprinkle the lamps with it; and he even went so far as to change his ring from his left hand to his right. "That trumpeter did not sound off without a reason," he remarked; "there's either a fire in the neighborhood, or else someone's going to give up the ghost. I hope it's none of us! Whoever brings that Jonah in shall have a present." He had no sooner made this promise, than a cock was brought in from somewhere in ...
— The Satyricon, Complete • Petronius Arbiter


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