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  • fuss — [fus] n. [17th c. slang, prob. echoic] 1. a flurry of nervous, excited, often needless activity; bustle 2. a state of excessive nervousness, agitation, etc. ☆ 3. a quarrel or argument 4. a showy display of delight, approval, etc. vi. 1. to cause… …   English World dictionary

  • fuss — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awful (esp. BrE), big, great, huge, terrible (esp. BrE) VERB + FUSS ▪ cause, create, kick up …   Collocations dictionary

  • cause — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb/sth that makes sth happen ADJECTIVE ▪ real, root, true, underlying ▪ the root cause of the problem ▪ deeper ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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  • perturb — I verb abash, agitate, alarm, annoy, arouse, badger, baffle, bewilder, bother, bring into disorder, cause a fuss, cause agitation, cause alarm, cause confusion, cause disorder, cause upset, churn, complicate, confound, confuse, derange,… …   Law dictionary

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  • Coenraad van Beuningen — Coenraad van Beuningen, 1673, by Caspar Netscher Coenraad van Beuningen (1622 Amsterdam, 26 October 1693) was the Dutch Republic s most experienced diplomat, burgemeester of Amsterdam in 1669, 1672, 1680, 1681, 1683 and 1684, and from 1681 a VOC… …   Wikipedia

  • Hail Columbia —    American    an expression of annoyance    Hail from hell and Columbia from America:     I got Hail Columbia from father for that escapade. (Sullivan, 1953)    To raise Hail Columbia is to cause a fuss …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

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