raise hob

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English

Verb

raise hob (third-person singular simple present raises hob, present participle raising hob, simple past and past participle raised hob)

  1. (informal) To cause trouble or disorder.
    • 1916, “The Judge”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 71:
      "This paper says that the decision of an Illinois court may invalidate thousands of marriages. Why, that will raise hob!"  / Raise hob? Well, I should say! If our marriages aren't legal, our divorces aren't, either.

References

  • raise hob”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.