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raise

Cain/the devil/hell

1. To behave in a rowdy or disruptive fashion.

2. To reprimand someone angrily.

See:

• cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows
• cause raised eyebrows
• hair-raising
• land so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss
• lift a hand
• make a stink
• My mama didn’t raise no dummy
• play havoc
• raise
• raise (one's) consciousness
• raise (one's) hand
• raise a hand
• raise a hand against
• raise a hue and cry
• raise a red flag
• raise a stink
• raise a stink about someone/something
• raise an eyebrow
• raise an objection
• raise Cain
• raise eyebrows
• raise from
• raise from the dead
• raise game
• raise glass to
• raise hackles
• raise hand against
• raise havoc with
• raise hell
• raise hell with someone
• raise hell with something
• raise hob with
• raise its head
• raise money for
• raise objection
• raise on
• raise one's hackles
• raise one's sights
• raise one's voice
• raise sights
• raise some eyebrows
• raise the alarm
• raise the ante
• raise the bar
• raise the curtain
• raise the devil
• raise the devil with someone
• raise the devil with something
• raise the dickens
• raise the roof
• raise the specter of (something)
• raise the spectre of
• raise the stakes
• raise the white flag
• raise to
• raise to the surface
• raise up
• raise voice
• raise voice against
• raise with
• up the ante