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raise one's voice
Idioms and Phrases
Talk louder, either to be heard more clearly or in anger, as in You'll have to raise your voice if you expect the audience to hear you , or Don't you raise your voice at me! [Late 1300s]Example Sentences
Despite his perceived failings, Karski and 鈥淩emember This鈥 serve as a crucial reminder of society鈥檚 duty to bear witness, especially whenever and wherever it would seem impossible to raise one鈥檚 voice above the din of indifference.
In the report, Pitts wrote Reneau鈥檚 actions wouldn鈥檛 have merited being fired and that it鈥檚 鈥渙ften necessary to take a stern or commanding tone, or to even raise one鈥檚 voice鈥 when dealing with someone who may be hysterical in a critical incident.
But can one say that鈥攃an one raise one鈥檚 voice against erasure, antagonism, attack鈥攁nd still come, as I do, to praise faggotry?
To raise one's voice in protest, just as the protest is expressed in life, in the streets, in relationships and friendships," she said. "
There was no need to raise one鈥檚 voice or belittle those less fortunate.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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