"kick up a fuss" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-kick up a fuss.ogg Forms: kicks up a fuss [present, singular, third-person], kicking up a fuss [participle, present], kicked up a fuss [participle, past], kicked up a fuss [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=kick up a fuss}} kick up a fuss (third-person singular simple present kicks up a fuss, present participle kicking up a fuss, simple past and past participle kicked up a fuss)
  1. (idiomatic) To show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality): nostaa meteli (Finnish), balhézik (Hungarian), balhét csap (Hungarian), cirkuszol (Hungarian), jelenetet rendez (Hungarian), utiuti (Maori), robić scenę [imperfective] (Polish), zrobić scenę [perfective] (Polish)

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      "word": "nostaa meteli"
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      "sense": "to show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality",
      "word": "balhézik"
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      "sense": "to show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality",
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