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Warning proving unnecessary
Answer for the clue "Warning proving unnecessary ", 11 letters:
false alarm
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A false alarm is a hoax report of an emergency. False Alarm or False Alarms may also refer to: False Alarms (1936 film) , a 1936 short film starring The Three Stooges Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm , the video game based on the cartoon series Happy Tree ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en literal) A warning sound (such as the call of sentry, the ringing of a bell, or the shriek of a siren) which turn out to have been erroneous. 2 (label en idiomatic by extension) A thing or occurrence which initially causes fear, distress, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the patient was okay, it was a false alarm , please thank them and send them on their way. ▪ Those genes would produce a harmless protein that, once inside the body, would sound the false alarm of infection. ▪ Your apprehension ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a warning that is given about something that fails to occur
Usage examples of false alarm.
The EAT-whistle that had postponed my end was a false alarm -- rather, a true alarm falsely construed.
For a time Rachel had thought she might be pregnant, too, from that last time Kell had taken her, but it had turned out to be a false alarm.
He held a cocked rifle loose in the hands, but was as unsure as they were, not wanting to give a false alarm.
Even if they don't see me at that moment, they can access the footage when they find out it's a false alarm.
That meant either that it was a false alarm, and the guy was just running late-or that he was gone, and someone else had driven his truck.
We can't afford a false alarm because we'd be handing the Jackal a grail he'd have to go after, showing him how vulnerable we were where Jason Bourne is concerned.