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stir up
Meaning: to cause trouble among people or to cause bad feelings to arise
Synonym: arouse, provokeFor example:
- stir up sth The company says environmentalists are stirring up trouble by telling people the factory will pollute their river.
- stir sth up You'll stir a lot of bad feeling up if you say their son died of a drug overdose. They want people to think it was a heart attack.
Quick Quiz:
The government's proposal to increase taxes stirred up a lot of
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