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false alarm

–noun

1.	a false report of a fire in progress to a fire department.

2.	something that excites unfounded alarm or expectation: Rumors of an impending transit strike proved to be a false alarm.

[Origin: 1570–80

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false alarm
n.

An emergency alarm, such as a fire alarm, that is set off unnecessarily.
A signal or warning that is groundless.

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false alarm
noun
a warning that is given about something that fails to occur

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false alarm

a warning of something which in fact does not happen

Arabic:	إنْذار كاذِب
Chinese (Simplified):	一场虚惊
Chinese (Traditional):	一場虛驚
Czech:	planý poplach
Danish:	falsk alarm
Dutch:	vals alarm
Estonian:	valehäire
Finnish:	väärä hälytys
French:	fausse alerte
German:	falscher Alarm
Greek:	άνευ λόγου κινητοποίηση, ψεύτικος συναγερμός
Hungarian:	vaklárma
Icelandic:	gabb, tilefnislaus aðvörun
Indonesian:	peringatan palsu
Italian:	falso allarme*

Japanese:	誤警報
Latvian:	viltus trauksme
Lithuanian:	netikras aliarmas
Norwegian:	falsk alarm
Polish:	fałszywy alarm
Portuguese (Brazil):	alarme falso
Portuguese (Portugal):	falso alarme, *rebate falso
Romanian:	alarmă falsă
Russian:	ложная тревога
Slovak:	planý poplach
Slovenian:	lažni preplah
Spanish:	falsa alarma
Swedish:	falskt alarm
Turkish:	sahte alârm