"stir up the animals" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stirs up the animals [present, singular, third-person], stirring up the animals [participle, present], stirred up the animals [participle, past], stirred up the animals [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stir up the animals (third-person singular simple present stirs up the animals, present participle stirring up the animals, simple past and past participle stirred up the animals)
  1. To cause public discontent or controversy.
    Sense id: en-stir_up_the_animals-en-verb-HxZEBWCZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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