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cause a stir

cause a stir verb: to cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.

Verb

cause a stir (third-person singular simple present causes a stir, present participle causing a stir, simple past and past participle caused a stir)

  1. (intransitive) To cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.
    • The news story caused a stir.

Forms of cause a stir

third-person singular presentcauses a stir
present participlecausing a stir
past participlecaused a stir
pastcaused a stir

Questions about cause a stir

What does cause a stir mean?
Cause a stir means to cause controversy, or raise a disturbance.
What part of speech is cause a stir?
Cause a stir is a verb.
What is the past tense of cause a stir?
The past tense of cause a stir is caused a stir.

Words near cause a stir in the dictionary

  1. causator
  2. causators
  3. Causby
  4. Causbys
  5. cause
  6. cause a stir
  7. cause and effect
  8. cause celebre
  9. cause célèbre
  10. cause of action
  11. cause of death

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