shout about someone or something

shout about someone or something
shout about someone or something
1. to yell about someone or something. •

Alice is shouting about Tom, the guy who stood her up.

What are you shouting about?

2. to show one's pride or enthusiasm about someone or something. (Usually with the object shifted to the front of the sentence.) •

That's really something to shout about.

She's something to shout about.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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