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Sound off

verb

Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation. Synonyms: animadvert, opine, speak out, speak up.

Start playing. Synonym: strike up.

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch. "She has a lot to kick about" Antonym: cheer.

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... when a cock crowed! Alarmed at this omen, Trimalchio ordered wine thrown under the table and told them to sprinkle the lamps with it; and he even went so far as to change his ring from his left hand to his right. "That trumpeter did not sound off without a reason," he remarked; "there's either a fire in the neighborhood, or else someone's going to give up the ghost. I hope it's none of us! Whoever brings that Jonah in shall have a present." He had no sooner made this promise, than a cock was brought in from somewhere in ...

— The Satyricon, Complete • Petronius Arbiter