rant and rave
Talk loudly and vehemently, especially in anger, as in There you go again, ranting and raving about the neighbor's car in your driveway. This idiom is a redundancy, since rant and rave mean just about the same thing, but probably survives on account of its alliterative appeal.
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RELATED WORDS
rampage, roar, erupt, seethe, tear, babble, digress, meander, wander, chafe, fulminate, bristle, rant, fume, scold, splutter, surge, yell, steam, storm
Nearby words
- ransom,
- ransom, john crowe,
- ransome,
- ransomware,
- rant,
- rantallion,
- ranters,
- rantoul,
- ranula,
- ranula pancreatica
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