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complained

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to say that something is wrong or not satisfactory:

Examples:

complain about Lots of people have complained about the noise.
You're always complaining!
[ + that ] He complained that his boss was useless and he had too much work.
3
to tell someone formally that something is wrong:

Examples:

complain to If the service was so bad, why didn't you complain to the manager?

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