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 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.
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 .
6 Like your pa don't have many friends outside the station, and sometimes they make a stink .
7 He'd make a stink about this with corporate.
8 If that detective decides to make a stink -
9 His vicious deeds are too numerous to mention, but he doesn't need violence to make a stink .
10 You make a stink and bring out the rotters, and I'll push you into the street myself.
11 The papers could make a stink .
12 Because if you make me do that, I will make a stink that you'll never get off your shiny suits.
13 Maybe I couldn't win but I could make a stink and perhaps cause the Mannix people to shy off from buying them out.
14 Simeon didn't need the extra attention and he sure as hell didn't want to make a stink before the captain was on board.
15 If you're raised here, you know not to make a stink or talk about the old families and their fucked-up ways in mixed company.
16 But if Marta Everson makes a stink , then suddenly it all might start to smell.
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This collocation consists of: Make a stink across language varieties