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False alarm

noun

A warning that is given about something that fails to occur.

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"False alarm" Quotes from Famous Books

... call, and explained that it was a 'False alarm.' Said it was easily fixed. So he overhauled the nursery window, charged a remunerative figure for it, ...

— The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories • Mark Twain

... search thoroughly. This evening I will return; and I am confident that, during the day, you will have found, if not the three hundred and fifty thousand francs, at least the greater portion of it; and to-morrow neither you nor I will remember anything about this false alarm." ...

— File No. 113 • Emile Gaboriau

... and asks her to forbear. At this time, Vasantaka, in testiness of temper, raises a false alarm by proclaiming that the queen is approaching. The king lets go Sagarika's hand in alarm. Sagarika and her companion go off hastily behind ...

— Tales from the Hindu Dramatists • R. N. Dutta

... my servant had summoned me into the drawing-room on a false alarm; or that some loafer had tried to call on Strickland, and thinking better of it had fled after giving his name. Strickiand ordered dinner, without comment, and since it was a real dinner with a white tablecloth ...

— Life's Handicap • Rudyard Kipling

... Director of Periodical Festivities to the Municipality of Dieppe, was marched down into East Looe, to the wonder and delight of the inhabitants, who had just recovered from the shock of Gunner Spettigew's false alarm, and were in a condition to be pleased with trifles. As the Company tramped along the street, Captain Pond pointed out the Town Hall ...

— Wandering Heath • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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