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make waves idiom informal C2 to be very active so that other people notice you, often in a way that intentionally causes trouble: (故意)兴风作浪,挑起事端 It's probably not a good idea to start making waves in your first week in a new job.刚开始新工作的第一周就挑起事端可能不是个好主意。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Upsetting and destabilizing bring bring someone down delegitimize destabilization destabilize disruptive disruptively diversionist knock/throw someone for a loopidiom loop put the skids under somethingidiom skid stir turn unsettle unsettling unspool unspooling upset wave
make waves | American Dictionary
make waves idiom to shock or upset people with something new or different: When I started the job, a friend told me not to make waves because the managers didn't like people to disagree with them.
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