Raise cain

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Synonym of raise hell. idiomatic

    "Those damned boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight."

Etymology

From Cain, the biblical son of Adam and Eve, the first murderer. The expression implies raising him from the dead and thus bringing or returning that evil to Earth.

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