Take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent.
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Examples for "raise hell "
Examples for "raise hell "
1 He'd raise hell if he knew a posse was after the tenderfoot.
2 Say, Uncle Peter, you said you'd raise hell , and you done it.
3 You go in there and raise hell , they'll toss you right out.
4 From then on, we would have gone out mainly to raise hell .
5 I'd raise hell , you'd look stupid, and we'd both waste our time.
1 Or he can make a stink with the San José government.
2 We don't want to make a stink and compromise the climbing.
3 Roth says he's going to make a stink about this.
4 Nor did Lieutenant Martin make a stink about it.
5 These families are briefed about this type of possibility and they will not make a stink .
1 And if you want to raise a stink , go right ahead.
2 It would raise a stink , though, which Cael definitely didn't want just yet.
3 Those Reds'll get hold of it and they'll raise a stink in the papers.
4 The U.S.-based privacy groups aren't the only ones to raise a stink about the deal.
5 You raise a stink around Hammerstake Street.
6 When early TiVo customers started popping the tops off their recorders to increase storage capacity or add Web chops, the company didn't raise a stink .
7 The girl's brother, Manfred, he was round here earlier raising a stink . '
8 Just didn't seem worth the hassle of raising a stink with him.
9 Some people on the hill have raised a stink since their machines went down.
10 He couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if he had raised a stink .
11 It's the other ones who've been raising a stink .
12 Hydrogen Gets Boost From Ethanol Raising a Stink , With Hydrogen Microbes Pass Valuable Gas Read more Technology news
13 Fuel-Cell Stocks Not Powered Up Pricey Pumps Hinder Hydrogen Cars Raising a Stink , With Hydrogen Drive over to Autopia
14 "This is why I never date the same guy twice - avoids raising a stink , you know?"
15 The house was shut up tight and it raised a stink like you wouldn't believe and she didn't even take note of it.
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