"raise the roof" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-raise the roof.ogg [Australia] Forms: raises the roof [present, singular, third-person], raising the roof [participle, present], raised the roof [participle, past], raised the roof [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} raise the roof (third-person singular simple present raises the roof, present participle raising the roof, simple past and past participle raised the roof)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: raise Cain, raise hell, raise the devil, raise hob Related terms: hit the roof Translations (cause a commotion): 喧鬧 (xuānnào) (Chinese Mandarin), 喧囂 (xuānxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), pitää meteliä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-raise_the_roof-en-verb-alSQVzy~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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