to sound alarm bells

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to raise/ring/set off/sound alarm bells
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( also to ring/sound an alarm bell, to set ( the ) alarm bells ringing )
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⭐ to cause worry because of being a sign that there may be a serious problem
e. g.
- Her statement should have rung alarm bells but nobody took the precaution of checking the facts.
- Regardless of where the bacteria came from, the test results should sound an alarm bell.
- This move is likely to raise alarm bells with the French government.
- This takeover bid is bound to sound alarm bells at other tech companies.
- Her description of her symptoms set alarm bells ringing.
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