stir shit

English

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Verb

stir shit (third-person singular simple present stirs shit, present participle stirring shit, simple past and past participle stirred shit)

1. (slang, idiomatic, vulgar, often with up) to deliberately cause trouble

   Synonym: stir the pot

   Mal could tell too, just looking at those goons, that they stirred shit day in and day out.

   The King has stirred shit up and caused the people to fight amongst themselves instead of organizing properly to fight against him.

Derived terms

• shit-stirrer

Translations

to deliberately cause trouble

• Finnish: kylvää riitaa, lietsoa levottomuuksia
• French: foutre la merde (fr)
• Russian: подосра́ть (ru) pf (podosrátʹ)

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