speak out/up
— phrasal verb with speak /spiːk/ verb (spoke, spoken)Definition
› to give your opinion about something in public, especially on a subject that you have strong feelings about: If no one has the courage to speak out against the system, things will never improve.Expressing and asking opinionsRemarks and remarkingControlling emotions
(Definition of speak out/up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- couch verb
- editorialize verb
- express verb (SHOW)
- far adverb (DISTANCE)
- for my money idiom
- get on your soapbox idiom
- give voice to sth idiom
- propound verb
- put your head over/above the parapet idiom
- put yourself across phrasal verb
- run sth by sb phrasal verb
- say verb (THINK)
- sound off phrasal verb
- sounding board noun
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