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raise havoc

Idioms  
  1. see play havoc.


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“It’s this small town that I could run around in, raise havoc, without having to worry,” said Payton Gregory, who grew up in Moab.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2021

Brian Manchester, lawyer for Brett Lahr, Dylan's 18-year-old brother, argued his client was merely along for the ride and was not part of the conspiracy by the other three to go out and raise havoc.

From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2014

The unpleasant alternative would have been to resort to high tariff barriers that might set off a global trade war and raise havoc with the fragile world economy.

From Time Magazine Archive

These in turn create powerful magnetic fields that raise havoc below.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It would raise havoc in our harvest just the same," cut in Josef.

From The Story of Silk by Hattie Longstreet Price

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