lodge a complaint against someone (with)
1complaint — com‧plaint [kəmˈpleɪnt] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a written or spoken statement by someone complaining about something: • Our sales assistants are trained to deal with customer complaints in a friendly manner. • a letter of complaint… …
2lodge — [lɒdʒ ǁ lɑːdʒ] verb 1. HUMAN RESOURCES LAW lodge a complaint/protest/appeal etc to make a formal or official complaint, protest etc: • An appeal must be lodged within 28 days. 2. [transitive] …
3lodge — lodge1 [lɔdʒ US la:dʒ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 lodge a complaint/protest/appeal etc 2¦(become stuck)¦ 3¦(put somebody somewhere)¦ 4¦(put something somewhere)¦ 5¦(stay somewhere)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) lodge a complaint/protest/appeal etc BrE to make a formal or… …
4lodge — 1 verb 1 STAY SOMEWHERE (intransitive always + adv/prep) to pay someone rent so you can live in a room in their house (+ at/with etc): Paul lodged with a family in Bristol when he first started work. 2 lodge a complaint/protest/appeal etc BrE to… …
5complaint — com|plaint W3S2 [kəmˈpleınt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: complainte, from complaindre; COMPLAIN] 1.) [U and C] a statement in which someone complains about something ▪ The sales assistants are trained to deal with customer… …
6lodge — I UK [lɒdʒ] / US [lɑdʒ] verb Word forms lodge : present tense I/you/we/they lodge he/she/it lodges present participle lodging past tense lodged past participle lodged * 1) [transitive] to formally make something such as a complaint or a claim An… …
7complaint */*/*/ — UK [kəmˈpleɪnt] / US noun Word forms complaint : singular complaint plural complaints 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a written or spoken statement in which someone says they are not satisfied with something make/file/lodge a complaint: I intend to …
8complaint — com|plaint [ kəm pleınt ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a written or spoken statement in which someone says they are not satisfied with something: make/file/lodge a complaint: I intend to make a complaint. complaint about: Customers lodged a… …
9lodge — lodge1 [ ladʒ ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to become firmly stuck somewhere, usually accidentally: A piece of meat lodged in his throat. The bullet is still lodged in her brain. 2. ) transitive to formally make something such as a… …
10complaint — noun 1 (C, U) a written or spoken statement in which someone complains about something: The sales assistants were trained to deal with customer complaints in a friendly manner. (+ about): We have received a number of complaints about your conduct …
