rant and rave

1. 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.

Example Sentences

"I think I would be unlucky if something was to happen to me, but one has to do something. I can either sit here and rant and rave with my friends on X or on my various WhatsApp groups, or I can go out there and do something."

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So when Trump was asked if he planned to comply with court orders I assumed that he would rant and rave about crooked judges and rigged cases as he usually does.

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Characters curse and scream, rant and rave.

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She caused a stir two years ago when she attended a meeting of the Granbury Independent School Board and condemned conservatives who “rant and rave” about banning books on sexuality and LGBTQ+ themes.

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The push for hot mics is a pivot from the cautious Biden campaign, which seemed to fear Trump steamrolling their candidate — and appearing more energetic and forceful — more than than it saw an advantage in letting an elderly man continue to rant and rave when his time was up.

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