"make a stink" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: makes a stink [present, singular, third-person], making a stink [participle, present], made a stink [participle, past], made a stink [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a stink}} make a stink (third-person singular simple present makes a stink, present participle making a stink, simple past and past participle made a stink)
  1. (colloquial) To complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-make_a_stink-en-verb-xYKADD5- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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