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raise a stink

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[raise a stink] {v. phr.}

To cause a disturbance; complain; protest strongly.

* /Quite a stink was raised in the office when the boss discovered that several employees had left early./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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