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Skylar Chau
2021-04-08 01:04
Cry foul American verb
Crying foul means claiming that someone, especially an opponent, has acted illegally or unfairly, or protesting strongly about a real or imagined injustice.
You've got a bonus like everyone else, so stop crying foul!
The student cried foul because the teacher gave her a minus out of no reason.
Suddenly become crazy or very angry or lose control
To provoke the anger of someone
Used to express your displeasure
This expression starts with a verb, so it needs to be conjugated.
The idea of this phrase may come from foul which means foul play, a violation of the rules of a game. Attention is drawn to that by shouting ‘foul!’
Do you see anything wrong?
To decide to believe someone‘s saying although they may not tell the truth
He said that he was late because he had an accident and I gave him the benefit of the doubt.
