Idioms

create an uproar

create an uproar

To create a noisy or chaotic situation; to make a scene. The judge had to bang her gavel to quiet the gallery after a spectator created an uproar by yelling obscenities. Robert created an uproar in the store when they refused to refund him for the broken television. Sir, we have politely asked you to leave—please don't create an uproar.
See also: an, create, uproar
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create an uproar

 and make an uproar
to cause an outburst or sensation. The dog got into church and made an uproar. Her poodle created an uproar in the restaurant.
See also: an, create, uproar
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Palwal (Haryana) [India] Aug 2 (ANI): Weeks after a cow vigilante was allegedly shot dead by cattle smugglers, Anil Vij, Minister in the Haryana cabinet on Friday hit out at people who create an uproar when a person from the minority community is attacked and questioned their absence.
This action infuriated the opposition who accused the government of ignoring their cut motions and proceeded to create an uproar in the house.
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It is expected to create an uproar by uncovering controversial facts relating to the Freemasons ( a secret society with eminent members the world over) and George Washington ( the founding father of USA and a Freemason) and how he was actually a traitor who had been secretly negotiating with the Brits during the American War of Independence.
In 1989 Bucharest, pretty Eva (Petra) and her boyfriend Alex (Ionut Becheru) create an uproar at school when they accidentally knock over a plaster bust of Ceausescu.
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