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Alarm bell
noun
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Noun
- 1 A sudden awareness of danger. figuratively, plural-normally
"The specter of women in factories, women in schoolrooms, and women attending — a lot less addressing — public meetings set off alarm bells in the South."
- 2 the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) wordnet
- 3 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alarm, bell.
"He put his foot on a concealed button under his desk and rang an alarm bell. He always had two strongarm men lolling around in an office down the passage."
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