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raise the wind

raise the wind verb: to procure ready money by some temporary expedient.

Verb

raise the wind (third-person singular simple present raises the wind, present participle raising the wind, simple past and past participle raised the wind)

  1. (dated, informal) To procure ready money by some temporary expedient.

Forms of raise the wind

third-person singular presentraises the wind
present participleraising the wind
past participleraised the wind
pastraised the wind

Questions about raise the wind

What does raise the wind mean?
Raise the wind means to procure ready money by some temporary expedient.
What part of speech is raise the wind?
Raise the wind is a verb.
What is the past tense of raise the wind?
The past tense of raise the wind is raised the wind.

Words near raise the wind in the dictionary

  1. raise the roof
  2. raise the specter
  3. raise the spectre
  4. raise the stakes
  5. raise the white flag
  6. raise the wind
  7. raise to the ermine
  8. raise to the purple
  9. raise unshirted hell
  10. raise up
  11. raiseable

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