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Verb: cry wolf
  1. Raise a false alarm too many times, so help is not given when it is really needed

Derived forms: cries wolf, cried wolf, crying wolf

Encyclopedia: Cry wolf

Nearest

crusty
crutch
crux
Crux
Crux Australis
crux of the matter
cry
cry for
cry out
cry out for
cry wolf
cryaesthesia
crybaby
crybaby tree
cry-baby tree
cryesthesia
crying
cryo-
cryoanaesthesia
cryoanesthesia
cryobiology