raise/sound the alarm

idiom

: to warn people

Economists have raised/sounded the alarm about a possible recession.

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Some in the agricultural sector, perhaps more reliant on undocumented migrant workers than any other, have even recently begun to sound the alarm on Trump’s mass-deportation proposals. —

Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024 In fact, dentists are sometimes the first people to raise the alarm about acromegaly and refer their patients to endocrinologists. —

Angela Haupt, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024 Goldman Sachs increased its S&P 500 price target to match its upbeat view on company earnings even as others sound the alarm on risky stocks. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024 Motion sensors will sound the alarm if movement is detected while the bike is locked, and if that doesn't put off would-be opportunists, real-time GPS tracking is included too. —

Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for raise/sound the alarm

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