a false alarm



a false alarm

a situation when you think that something bad or dangerous is going to happen but you discover you were wrong Someone called to say there was a bomb inside the building, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
See also: alarm, false

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Khalil-Arabic
Mesut-Turkish
BaxterBAKS-tərEnglish
FriedholdFREET-hawltGerman
AinoIE-no (Finnish) Finnish, Finnish Mythology
Mikhayhu-Biblical Hebrew