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Also, kick up a row or storm. Create a disturbance; start a fight. For example, The soup was cold, and Aunt Mary began to kick up a fuss, calling for the manager, or There's no need to kick up a row; the boys will leave quietly, or If they fire him, Carl is ready to kick up a storm. These expressions all em ploy kick up in the sense of "raise dust or dirt," a usage dating from the mid-1700s.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): kick up a fuss [and] kick up a row; kick up a storm
Fig. to become a nuisance; to misbehave and disturb (someone). (Row rhymes with cow. Note the variations in the examples.) • The customer kicked up such a fuss about the food that the manager came to apologize. • I kicked up such a row that they told me to leave. • Oh, what pain! My arthritis is kicking up a storm.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs