put/set the cat among the pigeons
UKDefinition
› to say or do something that causes trouble or makes a lot of people very angryArguing and disagreeing
(Definition of put/set the cat among the pigeons from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adversarial adjective
- agitate verb (ARGUE)
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