shout from the rooftops

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

shout from the rooftops (third-person singular simple present shouts from the rooftops, present participle shouting from the rooftops, simple past and past participle shouted from the rooftops)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To announce eagerly and widely; to proclaim.
   • 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Delivering a basis for rail changes”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 30:

     This softly spoken but fluent communicator describes himself as an introvert who prefers not to shout from the rooftops.

Translations

proclaim

• Dutch: van de daken schreeuwen
• Finnish: toitottaa (fi)
• French: crier sur les toits (fr)
• Polish: rozgłaszać na cały świat impf, rozgłosić na cały świat pf
• Spanish: anunciar a bombo y platillo, a los cuatro vientos

References

• “shout something from the rooftops”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.