give vent to

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give vent to something

Fig. to express anger. (The something is usually anger, ire, irritation, etc.) John gave vent to his anger by yelling at Sally. Bill couldn't give vent to his frustration because he had been warned to keep quiet.

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Impact general secretary Peter McLoone said: "The people that we represent now want to give vent to their anger and their frustration and that's why they are taking to the streets. Rallies 'will vent union frustration' PROTEST by The Mirror (London, England) If it was kept as originally intended, then everybody would have had a chance to give vent to their feelings without coming into contact with each other. Birmingham Muslims were encouraged to confront right-wing protestors ... by Asian News International To another question he said people of Balochistan were as much patriotic as were Sindhi, Balochi and Pushtoon, Punjabi and Saraiki adding it was but natural that they would continue to give vent to their resentment unless their due rights were returned to them. Sasooli says Shujaat co-accused with Musharraf in assassination of ... by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)			give the push give the raspberry give the rough side of tongue give the runaround give the shaft give the shirt off back give the shits give the shivers give the slip give the thumbs down give the thumbs up give the time of day give the willies Give them hell! give tit for tat give to on a plate give to on a platter give to understand give under threat of give up as a bad job give up for dead give up hope give up the fight give up the ghost Give us the tools, and we will finish the job give vent to give voice to give walking papers give way give way to give weight to give you a lift? given given half a chance given to given to doing given to understand glad glad hand glad rags glad to hear it glad to meet you glad you could come glad you could drop by glance glance around glance at glance back glance down glance off glance over			give up as a bad job give up as a bad job give up as a bad job give up claim to give up for dead give up for lost give up for lost give up hope give up office Give Up or Die give up the argument give up the fight give up the ghost give up the ghost give up the ghost give up the ghost give up the point give up the right to give up the struggle give up treacherously give up work Give us a break! Give us the tools, and we will finish the job Give us this day our daily bread Give us this day our daily bread give utterance give utterance to give validity to give variety give vent give vent to give verbal evidence give voice give voice to give voice to give walking papers give warning give way give way give way give way to give way to give weight to give what for give what for give witness give word for word give words to give work to Give You A Clue give you a lift? Give Yourself A Clap give-and-go give-and-take give-and-take give-and-take lines Give-Back Give-Back Give-Back give-up give-up

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