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whips up a storm

whips up a storm is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 whips up a storm

What is whips up a storm the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Whips up a storm is the third-person singular simple present indicative of whip up a storm.

Words near whips up a storm in the dictionary

  1. whips some skull on
  2. whips the cat
  3. whips through
  4. whips together
  5. whips up
  6. whips up a storm
  7. whipsaw
  8. whipsawed
  9. whipsawing
  10. whipsawn
  11. whipsaws

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