sound_off has definitions from the fields of music,performing arts
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[ verb ] speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation

Examples

"John spoke up at the meeting"

Used in print

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

Emerson - Platonist , idealist , doctrinaire - sounded a high Transcendental note in his `` Boston_Hymn '' , delivered in 1863 in the Boston Music_Hall amidst thundering applause : `` Pay ransom to the owner and fill the bag to the brim .

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[ verb ] (music,performing arts) start playing

Synonyms

strike_up

Examples

"The musicians struck up a tune"

Related terms

play music music music

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[ verb ] express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

Examples

"My mother complains all day" "She has a lot to kick about"

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