soapbox
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6.6
- noun
- /ˈsoʊpˌbɑks/
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tribuna
- The activist stood on a soapbox in the park to share his views on climate change.
- get on a soapbox
- stand on a soapbox
- climb onto a soapbox
So that's my soapbox speech on installation.
- So that's my soapbox speech on installation.
- I didn't mean to get on my soapbox, but go on.
- Yeah, sorry, I'm I'm done on my soapbox now.
- They have their, you know, soapbox that they're speaking on to their particular audience.
- So I'll speak first into the benefits because I'm going to get on a soapbox a little bit about the risks.
- Like, and, and, and, and I'm like the last person to be creating some sort of create, you know, being on a soapbox or Apple box about all this stuff.
- Naheed, my mom, my partner brought me to the event and Tom was on the same soapbox that he's on today.
- Yeah, that's my, that's my soapbox rant on your relationship with like math and all of that.
- I felt so strongly that I really, I also got a megaphone out on my soapbox, but I had no, there was no part of me that imagined a bad reaction.
Examples
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Get off your soapbox.
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Well, I guess I'd better get off my soapbox.
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You have been on a soapbox all around the streets of Washington.
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Take your soapbox somewhere else.
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Get a soapbox and tell 'em.
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"To add your commentary, you had to have your own soapbox over here," he said.
Blog text (19) -
And I would often find myself on a soapbox rambling on and on about the injustices of the world.
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We stood on a street corner and listened to soapbox preachers predict the end of the world.
Fiction book (1995) -
The problem is not that Dr. Thio is setting up her soapbox in the middle of the quad.
Blog text (9) -
Standing atop his makeshift soapbox, Dreads just wants to assure everyone that there are no leaders here.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
118
3.8
A small raised platform someone stands on to speak or receive an award
78
5.1
A raised platform in a church where a preacher speaks to the people
33
7.5
A raised place where someone stands to give a public speech
17
7.6
A raised platform at the front of a room for important people to stand or sit on
5
9.9
A raised platform in a church where someone reads the Bible or gives a sermon
3
7.1
A raised platform where people stand to speak or be seen
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Speak for a long time in a strong way about your opinions to others
How Influential
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Soapbox comes from people standing on empty soap boxes in the street so others could see and hear them. So to 'stand on your soapbox' means to use a small raised platform to speak or to say your strong opinions.