kick up a row
Example Sentences
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"I will continue to agitate and kick up a row until we get rid of these evils."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Mexican delegate, oldtime Labor Boss Luis Morones, had tried to kick up a row by accusing the A.F.L. of keeping Argentines away from Lima.
From Time Magazine Archive
Don't kick up a row, And—spoil my game!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 30, 1892 by Various
Only to-day I heard one of the red-coats say to his fellow, ‘When are they going to kick up a row?’
From The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale by Brown, Arthur, Rev.
"Well, you are a brick, after all, not to kick up a row," Augustus said.
From The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel by Glyn, Elinor
