Idiom
cry foul
Meaning
To protest about something which appears to be unjust.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The players cried foul when the referee made a bad call.”
“When the company announced the unfair new rules, the employees immediately cried foul and demanded a meeting with management.”
“The opposition party cried foul, arguing that the sudden change in election procedures undermined the integrity of the democratic process.”
Examples
simple
“The players cried foul when the referee made a bad call.”
contextual
“When the company announced the unfair new rules, the employees immediately cried foul and demanded a meeting with management.”
complex
“The opposition party cried foul, arguing that the sudden change in election procedures undermined the integrity of the democratic process.”
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