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BLUE MURDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue murder mean?
• BLUE MURDER (noun)
The noun BLUE MURDER has 1 sense:
1. an extravagantly loud outcry
Familiarity information: BLUE MURDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extravagantly loud outcry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
she screamed blue murder
Hypernyms ("blue murder" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
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