rail against (someone or something)
rail against (someone or something)
To protest, criticize, or complain angrily about someone or something. I spent a lot of my teenage years railing against my parents, but looking back, I gave them way more grief than they deserved. Employees has formed a picket line outside of the company as they rail against proposed cuts to their pay and pension schemes.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
rail against someone or something
to complain vehemently about someone or something. Why are you railing against me? What did I do? Leonard is railing against the tax increase again.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
rail against
v.
To protest something vehemently, especially using strong language: The students railed against the change to a longer school year.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.