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kick up a stew

verb

Etymology

From dialectal stew (“(cloud of) dust”).

Definitions

  1. To cause trouble

    To cause trouble; cause a dust-up; cause a hubbub.

    • But if you come to the United States to jest kick up a stew, / 'Tween Abner Jones an' his man Mike, an' neighbor Donahue, '[…]
    • "[…] would rush in and kick up a stew and get all the worst of it. That's not my style."

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, stew.

    • The Verna swerved close, her stern kicking up a stew as she started to back up.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA