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write sb up
US — phrasal verb with write /raɪt/ verb (wrote, written or old use writ)Definition
(Definition of write sb up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- beef noun (COMPLAINT)
- beef verb
- bemoan verb
- besiege verb
- bewail verb
- grievance noun
- grizzle verb
- grouse noun (COMPLAINT)
- grouse verb
- harp on phrasal verb
- make representations/a representation to sb/sth idiom
- nagging adjective
- nagging noun
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- protest noun
- protest verb
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- remonstrate verb
- whiner noun
- whinge verb
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