Usually means: Complain about perceived unfair treatment.
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  1. cry foul: Merriam-Webster
  2. cry foul: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cry foul: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. cry foul: Wiktionary
  5. cry foul: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To protest about something which appears to be unjust.

Similar:
talk, criticize, find fault, accuse, take issue with, fault, pick fault, cavil, impugn, speak ill of, more...

Opposite:
accept, approve, endorse, support

Phrases:
people who cry foul, more...

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Similar:
talk, criticize, find fault, accuse, take issue with, fault, pick fault, cavil, impugn, speak ill of, more...

Opposite:
accept, approve, endorse, support

Phrases:
people who cry foul, more...



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