raise the devil

[raise the devil] or [raise heck] or [raise hob] or [raise ned] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; start a fight or an argument.

* /Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed the other driver./

* /Some teenage boys raised the devil in town on Halloween night and damaged a lot of property./

Compare: KICK UP A FUSS.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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