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raising cane

raising cane is the present participle and gerund 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 raising cane

What is raising cane the present participle and gerund of?
Raising cane is the present participle and gerund of raise cane.

Words near raising cane in the dictionary

  1. raising agents
  2. raising an eyebrow
  3. raising board
  4. raising boards
  5. raising Cain
  6. raising cane
  7. raising eyebrows
  8. raising flags
  9. raising from the dead
  10. raising gig
  11. raising gigs

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