Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, idiomatic, informal
Synonyms: raise the dead, raise hell
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wake, the, dead: to hold a wake over a deceased person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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