raise the roof
Example Sentences
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Just when I thought “Guys and Dolls” couldn’t raise the roof any higher.
From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023
Finally, if you want to raise the roof on creative install locations, a floor-mount free-standing tub filler can be a trendy and versatile tower of power!
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2022
In The New York Times, the chief theater critic, Jesse Green, wrote, “You root for her to raise the roof, but she only bumps against it a little.”
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2022
Longtime musical director Eric Heinly and his onstage band can always be trusted to raise the roof.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2016
If he plays the organ the way he runs a car I should think he'd raise the roof.
From Torchy and Vee by Ford, Sewell