raise/sound the alarm
idiom
: to warn people
Economists have raised/sounded the alarm about a possible recession.
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This can potentially raise the alarm for more intensive treatment and avoid lower limb amputations.
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New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
But even some of Trump's vocal supporters on Wall Street have begun to sound the alarm.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
As experts sound the alarm that risk of a U.S. recession is rising, a former Federal Reserve official is comparing the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the aftermath of a protectionist trade policy that deepened the Great Depression.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The group should also sound the alarm about the regime’s attack on higher education and freedom of speech.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
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New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2025
But even some of Trump's vocal supporters on Wall Street have begun to sound the alarm.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 7 Apr. 2025
As experts sound the alarm that risk of a U.S. recession is rising, a former Federal Reserve official is comparing the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to the aftermath of a protectionist trade policy that deepened the Great Depression.
—Rachel Barber, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The group should also sound the alarm about the regime’s attack on higher education and freedom of speech.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Raise/sound the alarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raise%2Fsound%20the%20alarm. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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