kick up a fuss
Example Sentences
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There has been growing debate over how to manage what China calls "bear children" - spoilt young kids who kick up a fuss in public spaces such as by screaming or damaging public property.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024
So while I’m sure your boyfriend wouldn’t kick up a fuss if you extended your lease, I’m not so sure this idyll could be extended in quite the same way.
From Slate • May 2, 2019
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
Some have already begun to kick up a fuss.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2017
We do not kick up a fuss about our general proceedings; consequently, we imagine something very great must have happened to cause the Bird o’ Freedom to burst into such gallinacious paeans of delight.
From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
