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say boo en · VERB
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(US, informal, qualifier:always in the negative) To say anything, especially in protest or to complain.
Nobody says boo about it, nobody has had any problems with it until the Hydrostorage case came along.
1993 March 24, Mr. [Harris W. ]Fawell, quotee, Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1036 […] , →OCLC, page 41:That kind of bad mind was not Christian but I wasn't saying boo. I am not that brave or that stupid.
2018, Ingrid Persaud, “The Sweet Sop”, in The BBC National Short Story Award, →ISBN:"[…]What did you say to her to make her run off?" An incredulous expression formed on Tad's face. "I didn't say boo to the kid.[…]"
2004, Beverly Barton, Worth Dying For, →ISBN:She took the last piece of cake, and nobody said boo.
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