raise hell

Idioms and Phrases

see under raise Cain .

Example Sentences

“I couldn’t believe they didn’t maintain their helicopter. I was raising hell because they put my life in jeopardy.”

From Los Angeles Times

Conservative leaders raised hell about queer people having the audacity to organize in the 1950s, and police regularly cracked down on gay bars and other queer gathering places for most of the last century.

From Los Angeles Times

“My husband was very strict, but Ben was the most difficult of my three children,” Teiko Chida said, adding that he raised hell even at preschool, kicking his teacher and refusing snacks.

From Los Angeles Times

If we were, we’d be spending every free hour raising hell to make sure the possibility of democracy doesn’t die in next year’s election.

From Salon

“I do not understand why all of the sudden they’re raising hell about it in the middle of June.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• aggravate
• annoy
• antagonize
• arouse
• displease
• embitter
• enrage
• exacerbate
• exasperate
• excite
• incense
• inflame
• infuriate
• irritate
• offend
• outrage
• provoke
• rankle
• rile