raise Cain

[raise Cain] {v. phr.}, {slang} To be noisy; cause trouble.

* /When John couldn't go on the basketball trip with the team he raised Cain./

* /The children raised Cain in the living room./

Compare: KICK UP A FUSS, RAISE THE DEVIL.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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