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raise hell (third-person singular simple present raises hell, present participle raising hell, simple past and past participle raised hell)
- (idiomatic) To cause a considerable disturbance.
- Synonyms: raise the devil, raise Cain, raise hob, raise the roof; stir shit
- Hyponym: raise unshirted hell (superlative)
- Near-synonyms: (disturb loudly) raise the dead, wake the dead
2013, Jason Isbell, Super 8:Don't want to sleep yet, buddy it's a good bet I'll raise more hell than you.
2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in Media+Environment:A segment where several cast members in panda suits raise skateboarding hell in the streets of Tokyo.
- To complain vociferously (about a certain matter).
- Synonyms: raise the devil, raise Cain, raise hob, raise the roof; give someone hell; throw a fit
- Hyponym: raise unshirted hell (superlative)
2022 February 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Mounting opposition to IRP”, in RAIL, number 950, page 3:Local authorities, media and all other regional stakeholders need to wake up, step up, and (frankly) raise hell... before it's too late.
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