raise the roof

Example Sentences

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He raised the roof of the house he inherited; added wings, a porch and a cupola; and selected—along with his wife, Martha—the interior’s paint colors, wallpapers and furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal

It may also have raised the roof in the away end.

From BBC

Guests were dressed in sparkly sequins, a 20-piece orchestra raised the roof and Dawn French - as the Vicar of Dibley - gave a sermon at the lectern.

From BBC

The tomb became an enclosed vault after an 18th Century earl raised the roof.

From BBC

I was in the middle of “raising the roof” when a pocket-sized man approached me and asked if I liked his friend.

From Los Angeles Times