List of synonyms from "raise a rumpus" to synonyms from "raise the roof"


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Definition of the day : « raise hell »

  • As in raise Cain : verb cause trouble
  • As in caper : verb frolic, cavort
  • As in celebrate : verb commemorate occasion, achievement
  • As in act up : verb misbehave
  • As in frolic : verb have fun, make merry
  • As in anger : verb make someone mad; become mad
  • As in have a ball : verb have fun
Example sentences :
  • We've got to do that or they'll come rompin' in here and raise hell with you.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop » by Hamlin Garland
  • Most of 'em don't do anything but go on parties and raise hell generally.
  • Extract from : « The Plastic Age » by Percy Marks
  • Raise hell's delight and then haul down the curtain quick before the audience has had time to pull itself together.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • We'll make that pub our head-quarters, and raise hell round here until we find her.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Adversary » by Agatha Christie
  • The woman who forgives and doesn't forget is trying to preempt heaven and raise hell.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Cynic » by Oliver Herford
  • They're supposed to be over here to run his drive, but really they're goin' to fight and raise hell.
  • Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
  • They'd been back to Earth for a while, to raise hell and freshen up, and spend the money in their then-bulging pockets.
  • Extract from : « Asteroid of Fear » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • Later on a bunch of rowdies, led by a giant, started to raise hell around the palace.
  • Extract from : « Captives of the Flame » by Samuel R. Delany
  • Back home, some people used to raise hell about a trifle like a delayed letter.
  • Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • I went back to raise hell, but High-Pockets—well, one of them—was quite calm about it.
  • Extract from : « Nine Men in Time » by Noel Miller Loomis