Raise Cain Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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raise Cain What does raise Cain mean?	to create a disturbance, to cause trouble	The boys began to raise Cain at the dance and were asked to leave.
raise Cain What does raise Cain mean?	to complain angrily about something, to cause a lot of trouble about something (if you are making trouble then you are raising the spirit of Cain who was cursed by God for killing his brother Abel -	The two boys were raising Cain at the back of the classroom.
raise Cain What does raise Cain mean?	to create a disturbance, to cause trouble	The boys began to raise Cain at the dance and were asked to leave.
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bootie What does "bootie" mean?	buttocks (usually applies to a woman's buttocks)
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in (someone's) prayers What does "in (someone's) prayers" mean?	remembered by name when someone prays	My friend's father was in my prayers when he went to the hospital for a major operation.
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give (someone) the brush-off What does "give (someone) the brush-off" mean?	to send someone away, to ignore someone	I gave the woman the brush-off when I saw her in the supermarket.

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Raise Cain Idiom