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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Example Sentences

"I am not the type of person to kick up a fuss," says Pippa, a retired cafe owner.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

So while I’m sure your boyfriend wouldn’t kick up a fuss if you extended your lease, I’m not so sure this idyll could be extended in quite the same way.

From Slate • May 2, 2019

Some have already begun to kick up a fuss.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2017

A WTO member might kick up a fuss if, say, one of its car companies with production facilities in both Britain and the EU suddenly found it more expensive to assemble a model.

From Economist • Jan. 4, 2017

I cal'late she means to kick up a fuss.

From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

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