kick up a fuss
Example Sentences
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Anyone expecting Leonard to kick up a fuss and spark a war in the Raptors’ locker-room has been left waiting.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2019
"I'd just gone freelance and was just coming to the attention of the beer world and commissioning editors, and it felt like a terrifying thing to kick up a fuss."
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2018
A WTO member might kick up a fuss if, say, one of its car companies with production facilities in both Britain and the EU suddenly found it more expensive to assemble a model.
From Economist • Jan. 4, 2017
If they kick up a fuss, you’re well within your rights to have new locks made, but I don’t think your in-laws have demonstrated that they’re likely to be unreasonable about this.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2016
"Will you promise to be quiet, and not kick up a fuss if I get you something to eat?" asked the man.
From Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds by Rockwood, Roy
