raise eyebrows

Definitions

1. 1

   To cause surprise.

   • How did we lose the future? Gelernter's answer may raise some eyebrows. He believes that the United States realized the fair's predictions of a technological and economic utopia—and the country subsequently imploded with its own success.
2. 2

   To cause mild disapproval.

   • The fact that a Chinese state-owned company was awarded the contract to build the structure also raised eyebrows.
3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, eyebrows.

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