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lash out
verb
- to burst into or resort to verbal or physical attack
- informal.to be extravagant, as in spending
Idioms and Phrases
Make a sudden blow or fierce verbal attack. For example, The mule lashed out with its hind legs , or After listening to Dad's criticism of his driving, Arthur lashed out at him . [Second half of 1500s]Example Sentences
But Trump has already lashed out at other federal court judges who’ve ruled against his administration over their efforts to deport immigrants — including U.S.
The star of "The Last of Us" lashed out at Rowling's recent celebration of a United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling that could spell disaster for the cause of trans rights.
He lashed out against Mexican immigrants, environmentalists and other supposed enemies foreign and domestic.
I think that right now, we are at a real moment in our party, that there is a crisis and that people are going to start to lash out against and rebel against it.
Ted, upon learning it would take a least two years before the landmark becomes a reality, lashes out at the board member who was oblivious to Amos’ career.
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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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