Idiom
raise hell
Meaning
To cause a considerable disturbance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The noisy neighbors raise hell every weekend.”
“If the airline loses my luggage again, I am going to raise hell at the service desk.”
“The disgruntled workers threatened to raise hell if the management did not address their concerns regarding the new safety protocols immediately.”
Examples
simple
“The noisy neighbors raise hell every weekend.”
contextual
“If the airline loses my luggage again, I am going to raise hell at the service desk.”
complex
“The disgruntled workers threatened to raise hell if the management did not address their concerns regarding the new safety protocols immediately.”
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