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Meanings of raise hell in English

Take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent.

Synonyms
Examples for "make a stink"
Examples for "make a stink"
1
Or he can make a stink with the San José government.
Jurassic Park
2
We don't want to make a stink and compromise the climbing.
Climbing Magazine
3
Roth says he's going to make a stink about this.
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
4
Nor did Lieutenant Martin make a stink about it.
Private Sector
5
These families are briefed about this type of possibility and they will not make a stink.
Consent to kill: a thriller
1
And if you want to raise a stink, go right ahead.
American empire: blood and iron
2
It would raise a stink, though, which Cael definitely didn't want just yet.
Haunted
3
Those Reds'll get hold of it and they'll raise a stink in the papers.
Native son
4
The U.S.-based privacy groups aren't the only ones to raise a stink about the deal.
Wired
5
You raise a stink around Hammerstake Street.
Empire in black and gold
Usage of raise hell in English
1
He'd raise hell if he knew a posse was after the tenderfoot.
Trailin'!
2
Say, Uncle Peter, you said you'd raise hell, and you done it.
The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation
3
You go in there and raise hell, they'll toss you right out.
Gravity
4
From then on, we would have gone out mainly to raise hell.
Magic terror: seven tales
5
I'd raise hell, you'd look stupid, and we'd both waste our time.
The Kingmaker
6
The women are beginning to raise hell all over the country.
Purple Springs
7
Privacy advocates and regulators are right to raise hell about this.
Wired
8
But she is going to raise hell while I explain that all again.
Perilous Shield
9
And if you've dropped the ball, I'm going to raise hell with you.
Answered prayers
10
I've got to raise hell to draw the guards in.... Well, you're my countrymen.
Desert Gold
11
Most of 'em don't do anything but go on parties and raise hell generally.
The Plastic Age
12
Don't the people in the control towers ever raise hell?'
Catch-22
13
Upgrading to the newest boot styles each year would raise hell with one's feet.
Wired
14
He looked like a mountain man come to raise hell among the desert folk.
Timeless
15
But apparently the whole of New Earth would raise hell if we tried it.'
Strata
16
The bean counters are going to raise hell about all this trashed armor, though.
Beyond The Frontier: Steadfast
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