create an uproar

create an uproar

To create a noisy or chaotic situation; to make a scene. The judge had to bang her gavel to quiet the gallery after a spectator created an uproar by yelling obscenities.
See also: create, uproar
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

create an uproar

 and make an uproar
to cause an outburst or sensation. The dog got into church and made an uproar. Her poodle created an uproar in the restaurant.
See also: create, uproar
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • uproar
  • reduce (one) to silence
  • reduce to silence
  • Don’t get your bowels in an uproar!
  • don't get your bowels in an uproar
  • Don't get your bowels in an uproar!
  • bowel
  • quiet down
  • wake the dead
  • wake the dead, to
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Palwal (Haryana) [India] Aug 2 (ANI): Weeks after a cow vigilante was allegedly shot dead by cattle smugglers, Anil Vij, Minister in the Haryana cabinet on Friday hit out at people who create an uproar when a person from the minority community is attacked and questioned their absence.
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