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alarums and excursions

alarums and excursions

Frantic activity that causes a clamor. Often seen in Elizabethan drama as a stage direction denoting military activity. What on earth is going on? The alarums and excursions in the living room woke me from a sound sleep—keep it down!
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Feofil-Russian
Enkhtuya-Mongolian
BeowulfBAY-ə-woolf (English)Anglo-Saxon Mythology
Delilahdi-LIE-lə (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English
PresleyPRES-leeEnglish
BeckyBEK-eeEnglish
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