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get on your soapbox
informalDefinition
› to express your opinions about a particular subject forcefully: She never misses the chance to get on her soapbox about government reform.Expressing and asking opinionsRemarks and remarkingControlling emotions
(Definition of get on your soapbox from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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get on to/onto sth phrasal verb (PERSON)
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get on to/onto sth phrasal verb (SUBJECT)
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get on top of you idiom
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get on with sth phrasal verb
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get on your high horse idiom
- get on your soapbox idiom
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get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
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get out of my face! idiom
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get out of my sight! idiom
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get out of sth phrasal verb (AVOID)
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get out of sth phrasal verb (STOP)
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SMART Thesaurus: Expressing and asking opinions
Synonyms and related words:
- couch verb
- editorialize verb
- express verb (SHOW)
- far adverb (DISTANCE)
- for my money idiom
- give voice to sth idiom
- have your day in court idiom
- propound verb
- put yourself across phrasal verb
- run sth by sb phrasal verb
- say verb (THINK)
- sound off phrasal verb
- sounding board noun
- speak out/up phrasal verb
- statement noun
- ventilate verb (MAKE KNOWN)
- vocalize verb
- vociferous adjective
- voice verb
- would modal verb (OPINION)
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