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a false alarm a situation when you think that something bad or dangerous is going to happen but you discover you were wrong. Someone called to say there was a bomb inside the building, but it turned out to be a false alarm. |
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Thus, for example, the individual who defiled a drinking-place would be attacked by every onlooker, while one who deliberately gave a false alarm was the recipient of much rough usage at our hands. The travelers, recovered from this false alarm, breakfasted merrily. ``This may be a false alarm, or a forged letter,'' said De Bracy. |
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