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make (or kick up) a rowBritish informal 1Make a noise or commotion: people who lived near where they met used to complain about the row they made...- Later we were most of us very drunk and we went together to the Haymarket Theatre where we kicked up a row.
- The motor made such a row that it became incredibly embarrassing.
1.1Make a vigorous protest: I was quite comfortable—I kicked up a row out of sheer boredom...- An encore of a singer being refused, the audience made a row, refused to hear the singers still on the programme, and just went away.
- Well, I made such a row that the hotel manager did find me a quiet, air conditioned, back-of-the-hotel, fourth floor room for the last two nights of the conference.
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