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make a scene



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, create a scene ; make an uproar . Make a public disturbance or excited emotional display. For example, Joan made a scene when the restaurant lost her dinner reservation , or Ted made an uproar over losing his luggage . Make a scene was first recorded in 1831; the variant employs uproar in the sense of “a noisy commotion,” a usage first recorded in 1548.
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Example Sentences

“For a period of time, we can attract Amazon workers who want to have a drink and come into a killer space that looks like nothing else in the entire city and just has art installation and immersion all around them. We want to make a scene.”

Whether Trump was having an uncontrolled outburst or had planned to make a scene in the courtroom all along, he scheduled a news conference at 40 Wall Street, a building he owns, after court ended for the day.

Whether Trump was having an uncontrolled outburst or had planned to make a scene in the courtroom all along, he scheduled a news conference at 40 Wall Street, a building he owns, after court ended for the day.

When they returned the following day, Fadi Sckak said his mother had to “make a scene,” shouting in English at Palestinian officials who questioned how she and her brother-in-law had obtained permission to enter Egypt and what support was awaiting them on the other side.

We weren’t just putting on airs or trying to make a scene,” said Bhala Lough.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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