raise the devil
Example Sentences
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He got up "to raise the devil with the dog," found his house in flames.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I have friends in the Yacht Club who would raise the devil if I made a mistake."
From Time Magazine Archive
When an irate subscriber comes up to the counter to raise the devil about something, Tomas arches his back and rubs up against the fellow's shoulder, purring amiably.
From Time Magazine Archive
He noted that Larralde was poor and ambitious - qualities that often raise the devil in a human heart when fate brings them there together.
From In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman
Would he not raise the devil if he could meet him sometime?…
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
