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raise someone's expectations — raise (someone’s) hopes/expectations/ phrase to make someone hope or expect that something will be very good or successful It would be unfair to raise your hopes at this early stage. Thesaurus: to make someone more hopeful and optimisticsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
raise someone's hackles — raise (someone s) hackles to annoy someone. The politician s frank interview may have raised hackles in his party. The movie s pro war message made many people s hackles rise … New idioms dictionary
raise someone's consciousness — verb To increase a persons awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition. But part of Reagans self imposed mandate is to show that his conservatism has a broad reach. That would be easier for Reagan to do if he were… … Wiktionary
raise someone's hackles — verb To anger someone. Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles … Wiktionary
raise someone's hopes — … Useful english dictionary
raise hopes — raise (someone’s) hopes/expectations/ phrase to make someone hope or expect that something will be very good or successful It would be unfair to raise your hopes at this early stage. Thesaurus: to make someone more hopeful and optimisticsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
raise expectations — raise (someone’s) hopes/expectations/ phrase to make someone hope or expect that something will be very good or successful It would be unfair to raise your hopes at this early stage. Thesaurus: to make someone more hopeful and optimisticsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
raise hackles — raise (someone s) hackles to annoy someone. The politician s frank interview may have raised hackles in his party. The movie s pro war message made many people s hackles rise … New idioms dictionary
someone's hackles rise — (someone s) hackles rise raise (someone s) hackles to annoy someone. She spoke to me as if I was about thirteen and I felt my hackles rise … New idioms dictionary
raise — raise1 [ reız ] verb transitive *** ▸ 1 put in higher position ▸ 2 increase ▸ 3 take care of children ▸ 4 collect money ▸ 5 mention something ▸ 6 cause feelings/reactions ▸ 7 farm animals/crops ▸ 8 build something ▸ 9 wake someone ▸ 10 in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
