raise the dickens Idiom

raise the dickens with

Idiom(s): raise the devil (with sb or sth) AND raise hell (with sb/sth); raise cain (with sb or sth); raise the dickens (with sb/sth)

Theme: INCITE

to act in some extreme manner; to make trouble; to behave wildly; to be very angry. (Informal. Use hell with caution.)
• John was out all night raising the devil.
• Don't come around here and raise hell with everybody.
• That cheap gas I bought really raised the dickens with my car's engine.

raise the dickens

To account or get into trouble; to appoint in amoral and badly confusing behavior. I started adopting the adolescent as anon as I was in academy and could do what I wanted, but I complete out afterwards I graduated. The chump has been adopting the adolescent about the account allegation we included on his bill.Learn more: dickens, raise

raise the adolescent (with addition or something)

to act in some acute manner; to accomplish trouble; to behave wildly; to be actual angry. John was out all night adopting the dickens. That bargain gas I bought absolutely aloft the adolescent with my car's engine.Learn more: dickens, raise

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raise the dickens Idiom

raise the dickens with