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Phrase(s): raise the devil (with someone)
to severely chastise someone or a group. • The coach came in and raised the devil with Sally for her error in the first quarter of the game. • I’m going to raise the devil with him!, Phrase(s): raise the devil (with something) [and] raise hell (with something)
to cause trouble with something. • That idea raises hell with my plan. • The onions raised the devil with my stomach.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs