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[whip up] {v.}, {informal} 1. To make or do quickly or easily. * /Mary whipped up a lunch for the picnic./ * /The reporter whipped up a story about the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[make a scene] {v. phr.} To act hysterically; attract unfavorable attention. * /I didn't want Kate to make a scene in front of all of those people, so I gave […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

make the scene

[make the scene] {v. phr.}, {slang} To be present; to arrive at a certain place or event. * /I am too tired to make the scene; let's go home./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[stir up a hornet's nest] {v. phr.} To make many people angry; do something that many people don't like. * /The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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