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Discover LudwigThe phrase "raise Cain" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to describe causing trouble or creating a disturbance. Example: "The children raised Cain during the party, making it impossible for the adults to have a conversation."
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raise Cain
verb
To cause trouble.
Exact(9)
My kids raise Cain about it.
This time, he and Mankiewicz meant to raise cain.
He gave the boy $2 to go out and raise Cain with.
In fact, he continued to raise Cain almost to the end.
Each of the boys is hopeless in his own way, and even their efforts to raise Cain are endearingly doomed to flop.
"I used to raise Cain, but I use a cane now," is what my father said some weeks before he died.
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