'Raise Cain'; Whine, Mope, Beg, 'Tear-UP', Act-Out, Bitch, Bellyache, 'Carry-ON!'
I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you; as plain as print, I seen him; and if I get the horrors, I'm a man that has lived rough, and I'll raise Cain. - Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson.
If those boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight...
My friend raised Cain because he was fired from his job.
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