RAISE THE ROOF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raise the roof mean? 

• RAISE THE ROOF (verb)
  The verb RAISE THE ROOF has 1 sense:

1. get very angry

  Familiarity information: RAISE THE ROOF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAISE THE ROOF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get very angry

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

He will raise the roof when he hears this

Hypernyms (to "raise the roof" is one way to...):

anger; see red (become angry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s