a warning about a danger that does not happen; a belief that sth bad is going to happen, when it is not:
The fire service was called out but it was a false alarm.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is false alarm a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, false alarm is tagged as noun.
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