raise hob

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raise hob

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A minced oath for raise hell.

verb raises hob · raising hob · raised hob

  1. informal Synonym of raise hell. "This paper says that the decision of an Illinois court may invalidate thousands of marriages. Why, that will raise hob!" / Raise hob? Well, I should say! If our marriages aren't legal, our divorces aren't, either.

    Similar: raise hell

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@misc{raise_hob_2026,
  title = {raise hob},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raise%20hob},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}