raise a ruckus
idiom
chiefly US, informal
: to get upset and complain very loudly
He raised a ruckus over the cost of the repairs.
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In Tucson, black-and-white ruffed lemurs raise a ruckus Netzin and Dieter Steklis observed the animals' reaction to the eclipse at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson.
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Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Families, foreign governments or the media raise a ruckus.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
At the time, Griner’s Mercury teammates were following the lead of her advisers, who had decided to stay low-key and not raise a ruckus that might draw Putin’s ire.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 July 2022
Paul Colson was ready to raise a ruckus — and risk arrest — if Canadian border officials denied him entry on his drive home to the Northwest Angle on Tuesday.
—Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
Now traffic is going to be a nightmare, and when the noise increases, residents are going to raise a ruckus.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
Boyarsky said he was appointed to the commission by then-City Controller Laura Chick, who asked him to raise a ruckus.
—Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2020
Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Families, foreign governments or the media raise a ruckus.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
At the time, Griner’s Mercury teammates were following the lead of her advisers, who had decided to stay low-key and not raise a ruckus that might draw Putin’s ire.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 8 July 2022
Paul Colson was ready to raise a ruckus — and risk arrest — if Canadian border officials denied him entry on his drive home to the Northwest Angle on Tuesday.
—Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 9 Apr. 2021
Now traffic is going to be a nightmare, and when the noise increases, residents are going to raise a ruckus.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021
Boyarsky said he was appointed to the commission by then-City Controller Laura Chick, who asked him to raise a ruckus.
—Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2020
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