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Idiom

make a noise in the world

Meaning

To attract great notoriety.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“She wants to make a noise in the world as a famous singer.”

“After winning the national competition, the young athlete was ready to make a noise in the world.”

“The ambitious young writer moved to the capital, determined to make a noise in the world with her controversial new novel.”

Examples

simple

“She wants to make a noise in the world as a famous singer.”

contextual

“After winning the national competition, the young athlete was ready to make a noise in the world.”

complex

“The ambitious young writer moved to the capital, determined to make a noise in the world with her controversial new novel.”

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