kick\ up\ a\ row

kick\ up\ a\ row
• kick up a fuss
• kick up a row
• raise a row
• kick up a dust
v. phr. informal
To make trouble; make a disturbance.

When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss.

When the teacher left the room, two boys kicked up a row.

Compare: raise Cain, raise the roof

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • kick up a row — cause an argument …   English contemporary dictionary

  • kick up a row — to complain loudly in order to show that you are very annoyed about something. Our food was cold so my father kicked up a fuss and refused to pay the service charge …   New idioms dictionary

  • kick up a row —  Create a disturbance …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • kick up a fuss — or[kick up a row] or[raise a row] also[kick up a dust] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; make a disturbance. * /When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss./ * /When the teacher left the room, two… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • kick up a fuss — or[kick up a row] or[raise a row] also[kick up a dust] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; make a disturbance. * /When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss./ * /When the teacher left the room, two… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • kick\ up\ a\ dust — • kick up a fuss • kick up a row • raise a row • kick up a dust v. phr. informal To make trouble; make a disturbance. When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss. When the teacher left the room, two… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • kick\ up\ a\ fuss — • kick up a fuss • kick up a row • raise a row • kick up a dust v. phr. informal To make trouble; make a disturbance. When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss. When the teacher left the room, two… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • row — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, middle, top ▪ back, front ▪ first, second, etc …   Collocations dictionary

  • row — 1. n. 1 a number of persons or things in a more or less straight line. 2 a line of seats across a theatre etc. (in the front row). 3 a street with a continuous line of houses along one or each side. 4 a line of plants in a field or garden. 5 a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • kick — kick1 W3S2 [kık] v [I and T] 1.) to hit something with your foot kick sth down/over/around etc ▪ Billy was kicking a ball around the yard. ▪ The police kicked the door down. kick sb in the stomach/face/shin etc ▪ There was a scuffle and he kicked …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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