raising the roof
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A solution can be as simple as a tall bookcase or layers of picture ledges — or as ambitious as raising the roof.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022
Thomas Bryant capped the mini-streak with a dunk so ferocious that it got the paltry crowd on its feet and miming raising the roof in unison with the backup center.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022
The 89 House Democratic women, all dressed in white, and their male counterparts started cheering, high-fiving, and in the case of one New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster, raising the roof.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2019
The revival of Wilson’s powerful, raucous drama is raising the roof at the Mark Taper Forum, where the play, currently in previews, opens Sept. 11.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2016
The inexorable stern of the Minnie Williams followed after, raising the roof of the Higgins place with the skillful care of an epicure taking the cover off his favorite dish.
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
