mouth off
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English
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Verb
[edit]mouth off (third-person singular simple present mouths off, present participle mouthing off, simple past and past participle mouthed off)
- (intransitive, slang) To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To talk impudently, especially to one's superior.
- 2008, “Play It Again, Brian”, in Family Guy, Herbert (actor):
- And don't you mouth off to me, or I'm gonna slap you right in your penis.
Synonyms
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[edit]to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner
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to talk impudently, especially to one's superior
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