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cry wolf
verb as in give a false alarm
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Then recalled Farley Mowat marking territory this way in his famous book Never Cry Wolf.
From The Daily Beast
And so fewer people cry wolf, and those who do find their cries are increasingly ignored.
From The Daily Beast
He hacked the global media, and all he had to do was cry wolf.
From The Daily Beast
Are those who cry wolf the loudest, entirely clear themselves, of a fondness for fat mutton?
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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