old-fashioned

to complain angrily about something and to cause a lot of trouble for the people who are responsible for it.

They know that the children's parents will raise Cain if they're excluded from classes.

• lay aside something
• lay at door
• lay at someone's door
• lay bare
• lay bare something
• lay cards on the table
• lay down
• lay down life
• lay down something
• lay down the law
• lay down your life
• lay eyes on
• lay eyes on someone
• lay eyes on something
• lay hands on
• lay hands on something
• lay into
• lay into someone
• lay into something
• lay it on the line
• lay it on thick
• lay low
• lay off
• lay off something
• lay of the land