Antonyms for raise the roof
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : roof, roo f |
| Phonetic Transcription : ruf, rÊŠf |
Definition 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.
- As in clamor : verb cry out, make commotion
- As in have a ball : verb have fun
Synonyms for raise the roof
- agitate
- bark
- bawl
- beat the drum
- bellow
- bluster
- claim
- cut loose
- debate
- demand
- dispute
- enjoy
- feast
- get down
- get it on
- go to town
- holler
- jubilate
- kick up one's heels
- let loose
- let off steam
- live it up
- make merry
- paint the town red
- party
- put up a howl
- raise Cain
- raise hell
- raise the roof
- rejoice
- revel
- revere
- roar
- rout
- shout
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