| animadvert(verb, oppose, fight, censure, challenge) | |
| attack(verb, take, charge, oppose, criticize) | |
| bleat(verb, cry, whine) | |
| blubber(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry) | |
| bring to book(expression, idiom) | |
| call in question(expression, idiom) | |
| carry on(verb, expression, take, attack, desire) | |
| contend(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object) | |
| cry out against(expression, idiom) | |
| enter a protest(expression, idiom) | |
| face up to(expression, idiom) | |
| finger(charge, attack, blame, fault, indict) | |
| fret and fume(expression, idiom) | |
| howl(verb, take, attack, maintain, oppose) | |
| implicate(verb, charge, attack, blame, fault) | |
| incriminate(verb, charge, attack, blame, fault) | |
| languish(verb, desire, disease, sorrow, want) | |
| lodge a complaint(expression, idiom) | |
| lodge a plaint(expression, idiom) | |
| make a stand(expression, idiom) |
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