- grumble about someone or something
- grumble about someone or somethingto complain about someone or something. •
What are you grumbling about now?
•The students were grumbling about the teacher.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
What are you grumbling about now?
•The students were grumbling about the teacher.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
grumble — I UK [ˈɡrʌmb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms grumble : present tense I/you/we/they grumble he/she/it grumbles present participle grumbling past tense grumbled past participle grumbled 1) a) [intransitive] to complain, especially continuously and about… … English dictionary
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grumble — [[t]grʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] grumbles, grumbling, grumbled 1) VERB If someone grumbles, they complain about something in a bad tempered way. [V about/at n] I shouldn t grumble about Mum she s lovely really... [V that] Taft grumbled that the law so favored … English dictionary
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on — preposition 1》 physically in contact with and supported by (a surface). ↘located somewhere in the general surface area of (a place). ↘on to. ↘in the possession of. 2》 forming a distinctive or marked part of the surface of. 3》 about;… … English new terms dictionary
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all right — 1 / . ./ adjective, adverb (not before noun) spoken 1 SATISFACTORY satisfactory or acceptable but not excellent: What s the food like? Well, it s all right I suppose, but the place on Melrose Avenue is better. | How s school going, Steve? Oh, all … Longman dictionary of contemporary English