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See: SCREAM BLOODY MURDER.

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[scream bloody murder] {v. phr.}, {informal} To yell or protest as strongly as one can. * /When the thief grabbed her purse, the woman screamed bloody murder./ * /When the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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