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boo
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not say boo (American, informal)
to say nothing. She expected the boss to be really angry, but he didn't say boo.
See also: say

wouldn't say boo to a goose (British, informal, American, informal, Australian, informal)

if someone wouldn't say boo to a goose, they are shy and nervous. She wouldn't say boo to a goose, so I don't think she's cut out for a career in the police. I remember her as a quiet little girl who wouldn't say boo.
See also: goose, say, wouldn't

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Jackson, meanwhile, was asked if the boos were a concern considering Brown was relentlessly booed by the home crowd during his final season in Washington.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Observer's (STO:OBS) nomination committee, consisting of Chairman Caroline af Ugglas (Skandia Liv), Cecilia Lager (SEB Fonder), Kjell Norling (Handelsbanken Asset Management) and Anders Boos (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Observer AB), proposes the resolutions presented below.
When Antonio Villaraigosa came to the podium, he was met with a chorus of boos because, as a City Council member, he had voted in favor of the inexperienced Guerdon Stuckey's appointment to be general manager of city animal shelters.
 
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