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Idioms and Phrases
Audibly, aloud, as in I sometimes find myself reading the paper out loud , or That movie was hilarious; the whole audience was laughing out loud . First recorded in 1821, this synonym for aloud was once criticized as too colloquial for formal writing, but this view is no longer widespread. Moreover, aloud is rarely used with verbs like laugh and cry . Also see for crying out loud .Example Sentences
"I have seen many people, myself included, crouching over and crying out loud on the streets," J said.
"I even started saying it out loud, asking my son: 'Are you both in a relationship? Because if you are I am phoning the police because he is grooming you'," she said.
Even saying "there are plans" out loud is a sign of instability.
And I loved the gamification element of the weight-lifting machines, even going so far as to laugh out loud mid-rep — though I wonder whether the game would get old over time.
Smaller majorities say it’s rarely or never acceptable to play music out loud or to wear headphones or earbuds while talking to someone.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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