raise : Idioms & Phrases
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- curtain raising
- fire-raising
- fund raise
- fund-raise
- fund-raising campaign
- fund-raising drive
- fund-raising effort
- hair-raising
- hell raising
- high-raised
- house-raising
- raise a stink
- raise hell
- raise the roof
- raise up
- raised doughnut
- raising hell
- self-raising flour
- To raise a blockade
To raise a check ,note ,bill of exchange - To raise a siege
To raise Cain , ∨To raise the devil - To raise steam
- To raise the wind
curtain raising
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noun the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
opening night; opening.
- the opening received good critical reviews
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fire-raising
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noun malicious burning to destroy property
incendiarism; arson.
- the British term for arson is fire-raising
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fund raise
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verb raise money for a cause or project
fund raise; fundraise.
- We are fundraising for AIDS research
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fund-raise
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verb raise money for a cause or project
fund raise; fundraise.
- We are fundraising for AIDS research
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fund-raising campaign
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noun a campaign to raise money for some cause
fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive.
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fund-raising drive
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noun a campaign to raise money for some cause
fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive.
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fund-raising effort
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noun a campaign to raise money for some cause
fund-raising campaign; fund-raising drive.
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hair-raising
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adjective satellite extremely alarming
nightmarish; bloodcurdling.
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hell raising
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noun making trouble just for the fun of it
hell raising.
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high-raised
High"-raised` adjective
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Elevated; raised aloft; upreared. -
Elated with great ideas or hopes. Milton.
Webster 1913
house-raising
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noun construction by a group of neighbors
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raise a stink
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verb take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent
make a stink; raise a stink.
- She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again
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raise hell
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verb take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent
make a stink; raise a stink.
- She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again
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raise the roof
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verb get very angry
- He will raise the roof when he hears this
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raise up
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verb change the arrangement or position of
disturb; commove; stir up; vex; shake up; agitate.
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raised doughnut
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noun a doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder
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raising hell
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noun making trouble just for the fun of it
hell raising.
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self-raising flour
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noun a commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent
self-rising flour.
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To raise a blockade
(Mil.) , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
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To raise a check , note , bill of exchange
- etc., to increase fraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
or money order
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To raise a siege
- to relinquish an attempt to take a place by besieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished.
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To raise Cain , ∨ To raise the devil
- to cause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. Slang
Webster 1913
To raise steam
- to produce steam of a required pressure.
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To raise the wind
- to procure ready money by some temporary expedient. Colloq.
- to procure money. Colloq.
