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whipped up a storm

whipped up a storm is the simple past and past participle of whip up a storm.

Meaning of whip up a storm

Verb

whip up a storm (third-person singular simple present whips up a storm, present participle whipping up a storm, simple past and past participle whipped up a storm)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause an uproar or controversy.
    • However, moral judgement soon deserted America, as Senator Joseph McCarthy, a junior senator from Wisconsin, whipped up a storm of populist terror at the possibility that the USA was already undermined by communists.2011, Francis Pike, Empires at War, page 111

Questions about whipped up a storm

What is whipped up a storm the simple past and past participle of?
Whipped up a storm is the simple past and past participle of whip up a storm.

Words near whipped up a storm in the dictionary

  1. whipped some skull on
  2. whipped the cat
  3. whipped through
  4. whipped together
  5. whipped up
  6. whipped up a storm
  7. whipped vote
  8. whipped votes
  9. whipped-creamed
  10. whipped-creamier
  11. whipped-creamiest

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