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Make a scene

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  1. 1
    To bring unnecessary attention to oneself, especially through a public expression of tumultuous emotion. idiomatic

    "I saw, though he tried to conceal it, that he was very much hurt at your behaviour, and I was sure, by his looks, that he did not think my jealous apprehension groundless; however, he protested he did, and persuaded me not to make a scene by arriving her in the middle of the night […]"

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