raise the roof

Meaning

1. to produce or make sb produce a lot of noise in a building, for example by shouting or cheering

In the movies · 3

• Today we raise the roof. We have fiesta. You come?Lilies of the Field1963
• Sometime soon I'll raise my own roof, somewheres up country, with no one to tell me what for.The Lighthouse2019
• When the parade passes by Listen and hear that brass harmony growing When the parade passes by Pardon me if my old spirit is showing All of those lights over there Seem to be telling me where I'm going When the whistles blow And the cymbals crash And the sparklers light the sky I'm gonna raise the roof I'm gonna carry on Give me an old trombone Give me an old baton Before the parade Passes byHello, Dolly!1969

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