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Phrase(s): create a stink (about something) [and] make a stink (about something); raise a stink (about something)
Fig. to make a major issue out of something; to make much over something; to make a lot of complaints and criticisms about something. • Tom created a stink about Bob’s remarks. • Why did he make a stink about that? • Tom is always trying to raise a stink.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs