raise Cain

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raise Cain (old-fashioned)

to complain angrily about something and to cause a lot of trouble for the people who are responsible for it. They know that the children's parents will raise Cain if they're excluded from classes.

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I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you; as plain as print, I seen him; and if I get the horrors, I'm a man that has lived rough, and I'll raise Cain. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context "If Lord Ernest finds his rooms locked up he'll raise Cain," said Raffles; "we must let him come in and lock up for himself before we corner him. Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context More results

References in classic literature

I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you; as plain as print, I seen him; and if I get the horrors, I'm a man that has lived rough, and I'll raise Cain.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

"If Lord Ernest finds his rooms locked up he'll raise Cain," said Raffles; "we must let him come in and lock up for himself before we corner him.

Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context

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