"raise hell" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-raise hell.ogg [Australia] Forms: raises hell [present, singular, third-person], raising hell [participle, present], raised hell [participle, past], raised hell [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} raise hell (third-person singular simple present raises hell, present participle raising hell, simple past and past participle raised hell)
  1. (idiomatic) To cause a considerable disturbance. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to cause a disturbance): alkaa riehua (Finnish), क़हर ढाना (qahar ḍhānā) (Hindi), bajt kever (Hungarian), balhézik (Hungarian), balhét csap (Hungarian), fare il diavolo a quattro (Italian), будить лихо (buditʹ lixo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-raise_hell-en-verb-iQKGw0sX Disambiguation of 'to cause a disturbance': 99 1
  2. To complain vociferously (about a certain matter).
    Sense id: en-raise_hell-en-verb-T3fszuvX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: raise Cain, raise the roof, raise the devil, raise hob, stir shit Related terms: hellraiser

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