Synonyms for raise the roof

Grammar : Verb

Spell : roof, roo f

Phonetic Transcription : ruf, rʊf

Top 10 synonyms for raise the roof Other synonyms for the word raise the roof

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Définition of raise the roof

Origin :

• Old English hrof "roof, ceiling, top, summit; heaven, sky," also figuratively, "highest point of something," from Proto-Germanic *khrofam (cf. Old Frisian rhoof "roof," Middle Dutch roof, rouf "cover, roof," Dutch roef "deckhouse, cabin, coffin-lid," Middle High German rof "penthouse," Old Norse hrof "boat shed").
• No apparent connections outside Germanic. "English alone has retained the word in a general sense, for which the other languages use forms corresponding to OE. þæc thatch" [OED]. Roof of the mouth is from late Old English. Raise the roof "create an uproar" is attested from 1860, originally in U.S. Southern dialect.

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Antonyms for raise the roof