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raise one's voice

raise one's voice verb: to speak loudly, especially in anger.

Verb

raise one's voice (third-person singular simple present raises one's voice, present participle raising one's voice, simple past and past participle raised one's voice)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak loudly, especially in anger.
    • Don't you raise your voice at me!

raise one's voice meaning in Arabic and Thai

raise one's voice in Arabic

Translations
رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ rafaʕa ṣawtahū

raise one's voice in Thai

Translations
ขึ้นเสียง kʉ̂n-sǐiang

Forms of raise one's voice

third-person singular presentraises one's voice
present participleraising one's voice
past participleraised one's voice
pastraised one's voice

Questions about raise one's voice

What does raise one's voice mean?
Raise one's voice means to speak loudly, especially in anger.
What is raise one's voice in Arabic?
Raise one's voice in Arabic is رَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ (rafaʕa ṣawtahū). See Raise one's voice meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is raise one's voice?
Raise one's voice is a verb.
What is the past tense of raise one's voice?
The past tense of raise one's voice is raised one's voice.

Words near raise one's voice in the dictionary

  1. raise one's eyebrows
  2. raise one's game
  3. raise one's glass
  4. raise one's hand
  5. raise one's head
  6. raise one's voice
  7. raise oneself up by one's bootstraps
  8. raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  9. raise red flags
  10. raise someone's consciousness
  11. raise someone's hackles

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