raise

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Definitions

Phrases

• raise a hand against
• raise an objection
• raise a stink
• raise Cain
• raise eyebrows
• raise havoc
• raise hell
• raise one's hackles
• raise one's sights
• raise one's voice
• raise the ante
• raise the curtain
• raise the devil
• raise the roof
• cause raised eyebrows
• curtain raiser
• make (raise) a stink
• play (raise) havoc

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

• You want your abs to move if you want them to get more defined, so go for leg raises or X man crunches or alternating jackknifes in addition to heavy lifting and planking.

• More employees were being hired, and coworkers were getting raises and promotions.

• USPS delays threaten birth control access, Naomi Osaka returns to the court, and working moms are falling behind in raises and promotions.

• Rather, they’re going to analyze how promotions are awarded, to whom they go and why, and develop a road plan to check off the boxes that should get them that pay raise and prestige faster.

• “The county office failed to identify, effectively evaluate and comment on” the proposed raises, the report notes.

• His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.

• These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.

• We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.

• So with the doors of late night closed to her, Slate had to scale down her ambitions to raise her profile.

• We are gathered for one reason and one reason alone—to raise money to help fulfill that dream and that purpose.

• I called out several times, as loud as I could raise my voice, but all to no purpose.

• They determined that an offensive war should be carried on against them, and voted to 90 men!