raise hell with something
raise hell with (someone or something)
1. To cause a lot of serious issues or disruptions for someone or something. The road closures have raised hell with rush-hour traffic. The blizzard is raising hell with travelers flying in and out of the region.
2. To make a lot of angry, vocal complaints with someone or some group, department, organization, etc. There's been one customer raising hell with our customer service team for the last week over some issue with his software. The problem isn't going to go away on its own—you need to go raise some hell with your boss or the head of HR.
See also: hell, raise
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
raise hell with something
verbSee raise the devil with something
See also: hell, raise, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- raise hell with (someone or something)
- raise hell with someone
- raise the devil with (someone or something)
- raise the devil with someone
- raise the devil with something
- raise havoc with
- raise havoc with (someone or something)
- raise the dickens with (someone or something)
- raise hell
- play havoc with