wake the dead

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wake the dead

verb wakes the dead · waking the dead · woke the dead · woken the dead

figuratively, idiomatic, informal To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise. For God's sake, kids, pipe down — you're going to wake the dead with that racket!
Similar: raise the dead, raise hell
uncommon Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wake, the, dead: to hold a wake over a deceased person. Meronyms: eulogize; elegize

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@misc{wake_the_dead_2026,
  title = {wake the dead},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wake%20the%20dead},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}