give rise to

[give rise to] {v. phr.}

To be the reason for; cause.

* /A branch floating in the water gave rise to Columbus' hopes that land was near./

* /John's black eye gave rise to rumors that he had been in a fight./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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