put the cat among the pigeons en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(figuratively) To cause alarm, fuss, or agitation.
In any event, this professorial detonation, especially coming as it does from hardline Federalist Society constitutional originalists, has set the cat among the Republican pigeons.
2023 September 2, Simon Schama, “The real Rino”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:Professor Stephen Hawking put the cat among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way.
1994 September 19, The Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| set the cat among the pigeons | alternative | lexicographic | |
| puts the cat among the pigeons | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| putting the cat among the pigeons | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put the cat among the pigeons | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| put the cat among the pigeons | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
nl de knuppel in het hoenderhok gooien (Translations) · pl wsadzić kij w mrowisko (Translations) · fr jeter un pavé dans la mare (Translations) · fr enfermer le loup dans la bergerie (Translations) · gd cuir an clamhan gobhlach am measg nan cearc (Translations) · pl wsadzać kij w mrowisko (Translations) · fi herättää huolta (Translations)