raise hell

Verb

1. To cause a considerable disturbance.
   • Near-synonyms: (disturb loudly) raise the dead, wake the dead
   • Don't want to sleep yet, buddy it's a good bet I'll raise more hell than you. - 2013, Jason Isbell, Super 8:
   • A segment where several cast members in panda suits raise skateboarding hell in the streets of Tokyo. - 2022, Marisol Cortez, “Ambivalent Anality: Revisiting the Queer Ecology of "the Jackass Moment"”, in...

   Synonyms: raise the devil raise Cain raise hob raise the roof stir shit raise the dead wake the dead

2. To complain vociferously (about a certain matter).
   • Local authorities, media and all other regional stakeholders need to wake up, step up, and (frankly) raise hell... before it's too late. - 2022 February 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Mounting opposition to IRP”, in RAIL,...

   Synonyms: raise the devil raise Cain raise hob raise the roof give someone hell throw a fit