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動詞

raise Cain (三人称単数 現在形 raises Cain, 現在分詞 raising Cain, 過去形および過去分詞形 raised Cain)

1. (idiomatic) To cause trouble or commotion; to behave in a disruptive manner.

   If those boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight.

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134:

     "I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you; as plain as print, I seen him; and if I get the horrors, I'm a man that has lived rough, and I'll raise Cain."

同意語

• (cause trouble): raise the Devil, raise hob, raise hell, raise the roof