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make a fuss
verb as in carry on
verb as in complain
Strong matches
verb as in trouble
Strongest matches
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Example Sentences
Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page says she initially stayed silent after being groped by a TV host because she did not want to "make a fuss".
"It's all very well saying 'you've got to do this, you've got to do that' but you're a woman, you're in there and it's so hard to get jobs anyway and you don't want to make a fuss," she explained.
Instead, they'd rather make a fuss over their special guests.
He didn’t want to make a fuss.
Winslet: The truth is I guess we kind of had to learn the hard way, because when you’re a young actress coming up in the industry, “Oh, you don’t make a fuss. No, no, no, don’t be difficult. Don’t get a reputation.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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