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To create a disturbance: “Alan and his buddies were always raising Cain over at the frat house.”

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Words nearby raise Cain

Rais, raise, raise a hand against, raise an objection, raise a stink, raise Cain, raised, raised beach, raised bog, raise eyebrows, raise havoc

How to use raise Cain in a sentence

His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.
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These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
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We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
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So with the doors of late night closed to her, Slate had to scale down her ambitions to raise her profile.
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We are gathered for one reason and one reason alone—to raise money to help fulfill that dream and that purpose.
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I called out several times, as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose.
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They determined that an offensive war should be carried on against them, and voted to raise 90 men!
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The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.
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To meet this heavy expense the ministers had to devise all sorts of expedients to raise money.
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Would Hodson, knowing the exceeding importance of his mission, have turned to rescue a servant or raise a fallen horse?
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Other Idioms and Phrases with raise Cain

raise Cain

Also, raise hell or the devil. Behave in a rowdy or disruptive way, as in He said he'd raise Cain if they wouldn't give him a refund, or The gang was out to raise hell that night, or The wind raised the devil with our picnic. The first term alludes to the son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother, Abel. It was first recorded in the St. Louis Daily Pennant (May 2, 1840): “Why have we every reason to believe that Adam and Eve were both rowdies? Because ... they both raised Cain.”. This statement makes a pun on raise, meaning “bring up” or “nurturing.” The two variants, alluding to bringing hell or the devil up to this world, are older, the first from about 1700, the second from about 1800.