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Meaning of raise eyebrows | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To cause surprise.
idiomatic
To cause mild disapproval.
idiomatic
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, eyebrows.

Equivalents

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Examples

“How did we lose the future? Gelernter's answer may raise some eyebrows. He believes that the United States realized the fair's predictions of a technological and economic utopia—and the country subsequently imploded with its own success.”

“Southgate's team selection raised eyebrows when he decided to leave the creative talents of Grealish and Phil Foden on the bench and showed huge faith in Arsenal teenager Bukayo Saka by starting him after his fine performance against the Czechs.”

“Microsoft, the software, gaming, and cloud-computing giant, secured a contract to sell “mixed reality” goggles to the U.S. Army that could be worth nearly $22 billion over a decade. All of this raised eyebrows at the time. But then computers started generating eyebrows that raised themselves.”

“The fact that a Chinese state-owned company was awarded the contract to build the structure also raised eyebrows.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

raise from the dead raise hell raise hob raise one's eyebrows raise one's game raise one's glass