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Verb: kick up a stink
Usage: informal
  1. Complain loudly or publicly about something, involving other people
    "The residents kicked up a stink about the proposed construction of a new highway near their homes";
    - kick up a fuss [informal]

Derived forms: kicking up a stink, kicked up a stink, kicks up a stink