kick up a fuss

Idioms  

1. Also,. Create a disturbance; start a fight. For example, The soup was cold, and Aunt Mary began to kick up a fuss, calling for the manager, or There's no need to kick up a row; the boys will leave quietly, or If they fire him, Carl is ready to kick up a storm. These expressions all employ kick up in the sense of “raise dust or dirt,” a usage dating from the mid-1700s.

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kick up a fuss

They’re not going to kick up a fuss, or reject the things I cook.

From Slate ● May 6, 2020

Some have already begun to kick up a fuss.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017

Its shareholders will have no reason to kick up a fuss if the takeover goes well.

From Economist ● Jan. 12, 2017

It's unpleasant but you know that if you sue them or kick up a fuss, all it will do is publicise the book.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2014

We do not kick up a fuss about our general proceedings; consequently, we imagine something very great must have happened to cause the Bird o’ Freedom to burst into such gallinacious paeans of delight.

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson

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