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raise eyebrows
verb
- to be suspicious.
Last edited on Sep 14 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.
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raise hell
verb
- to cause trouble.
Citation from "Mother Tucker", Modern Family (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 9 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Nov 28 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2010.
- to be angry about something.
Citation from "Never Let Me Go", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.
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raise holy hell
verb
- variant of raise hell.
Citation from "Never Let Me Go", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Feb 22 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.
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raise (one's) skirt
verb
- to interest or excite a person.
Citation from "Chapter 12", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2012.
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raise the bar 
verb
- to set a more impressive precedent or record.
Citation from "Death Has a Shadow", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (1999) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: impressive.
Last edited on Dec 16 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 16 2011.
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raise the bullshit flag
verb
- to declare a statement untrue; see also bullshit
I'm going to raise the bullshit flag on this one.
Last edited on May 31 2011. Submitted by James T White from New Bern, NC, USA on May 31 2011.
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raise the roof
verb
- to "pump it up," get loud, get excited, etc.
Jordan is trying to raise the roof.
- See more words with the same meaning: excited, energetic.
- See more words with the same meaning: to perform with vigor.
Last edited on Sep 19 1997. Submitted by Robert Parish from Boston, MA, USA on Sep 19 1997.
notes
- Often accompanied by the following motion: hands are placed above shoulders, palms up, raised slightly above the head, then returned to shoulder level. Repeat two or three times.
Last edited on Oct 04 1997. Submitted by Janet C. on Oct 04 1997.
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raise up
verb
- To leave. it is sometimes said "raise on up outta here." Also raise on up.
This party sucks, let's raise on up.
- See more words with the same meaning: to go, leave, exit.
Last edited on May 27 1998. Submitted by Matt from Virginia, USA on May 27 1998.
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raisin
noun
- an elderly person, wrinkled like a raisin.
If we go out to eat at 5pm, the restaurant will be filled with raisins.
Last edited on Jul 20 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 20 2011.
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raisin ranch
noun
- a "retirement community," (a place where old people go to live.) Possible etymology: raisins are wrinkled.
- See more words with the same meaning: retirement community.
Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.
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