stir sth up
— phrasal verb with stir uk/stɜːr/us/stɝː/verb -rr-
(EMOTION)
C2 to cause an unpleasant emotion or problem to begin or grow:
The teacher told him to stop stirring up trouble.
The photographs stirred up some painful memories.
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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(SUBSTANCE)
to cause a substance such as soil or dust to move and rise up:
The helicopter stirred up clouds of dust.
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- flutter
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- rocky
- shake
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- vibrate
- wag
- worry
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