raise the dead

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Verb

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raise the dead (third-person singular simple present raises the dead, present participle raising the dead, simple past and past participle raised the dead)

  1. (literally) To resurrect someone.
  2. (literally) To render the corpse of someone undead.
  3. (slang, derogatory, figuratively) To raise one's voice to a very high level; to be noisy or disruptive.