kick up a fuss/stink

phrase

informal

: to complain

The service in the restaurant wasn't very good, but we decided not to kick up a fuss/stink about it.

Examples of kick up a fuss/stink in a Sentence

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But the city was overrun with his target audience—white progressives, left-leaning university faculty, and impressionable students who could be counted on to kick up a fuss. — Deborah Baker june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025

At the same time, there is an unshakable sense that successive British Foreign Secretaries and Prime Ministers have been scared to kick up a fuss. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 23 May 2025

French regulators are less likely to kick up a fuss if Carrefour divests from individual countries, like its sale of Carrefour Taiwan to Taiwanese conglomerate Uni-President in 2023. — Kimberly Chin, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024

Lingering stains and crumbs can kick up a stink that can be picked up by animals with sensitive noses and perhaps lead to campers having unwanted guests in the middle of the night. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024

Normalizing public breastfeeding is, strangely, still an ongoing cultural battle, but to kick up a fuss on Instagram seems especially childish. — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2021

Researchers say that the highly territorial llamas will kick up a fuss if intruders drop by, and will scare away foxes and other predators looking to snack on eggs or chicks. — Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2010