From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishraise hell/Cainraise hell/Cainespecially American English to behave in a wild, noisy way that upsets other people The kids next door were raising hell last night. → raise
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raise hell/Cain• It raises hell across the land.• He spent his teenage years raising hell and stealing cars.• They raised hell for three weeks.• Now she raised hell with him about the letter in the paper. 