raise the dickens (with someone or something)

raise the dickens (with someone or something)
raise the dickens (with someone or something)
to act in some extreme manner; to make trouble; to behave wildly; to be very angry. •

John was out all night raising the dickens.

That cheap gas I bought really raised the dickens with my car's engine.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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