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raises cane

raises cane is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise cane.

Meaning of raise cane

Verb

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

  1. Eggcorn of raise Cain.
    • “I wasn’t there, but my mother told me that he raised so much cane that they had to call security.”2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, page 202
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, cane: for example, grow sugarcane.

Questions about raises cane

What is raises cane the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Raises cane is the third-person singular simple present indicative of raise cane.

Words near raises cane in the dictionary

  1. raises a flag
  2. raises a red flag
  3. raises a stink
  4. raises an eyebrow
  5. raises Cain
  6. raises cane
  7. raises eyebrows
  8. raises flags
  9. raises from the dead
  10. raises hell
  11. raises hob

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