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get on soapbox

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get on your soapbox
to start expressing strong opinions, especially about a subject that people are bored of hearing you speak about
Usage notes: A soapbox is a wooden box that people stood on in the past when they were making a speech in public.
It was that point in the evening when my father got on his soapbox and started lecturing us on the evils of the modern world.
See also: get


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