whip up a storm
Examples
“However, moral judgement soon deserted America, as Senator Joseph McCarthy, a junior senator from Wisconsin, whipped up a storm of populist terror at the possibility that the USA was already undermined by communists.”
“It was the kind of storm that Liverpool have⟳ whipped up so often under Klopp and yet it would blow⟳ out, City stabilising and almost nicking it.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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