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
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
"I have friends in the Yacht Club who would raise the devil if I made a mistake."
From Time Magazine Archive
These monstrous actions seemed to have something in them peculiarly fitted to raise the devil, if he could be raised by any thing odd and frightful.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 by James Athearn Jones
"F. P.'ll raise the devil if——" began Black Mustache.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
