raise the roof
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Meaning · English
to celebrate or party wildly
Literally: lift the roof
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The speedway fans started a campaign which was backed by the local MP and raised a petition signed by over five thousand names … today the speedway rulers decided to reorganise the first division and keep Swindon in it …
SOLOISTS and the massed voices of the Association of Irish Musical Societies will again be ‘ raising the roof’ of the Ulster Hall, Belfast, with another selection of Songs from the Shows (UTV, 10.40pm).
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “raise the roof” mean?
to celebrate or party wildly Literally: lift the roof
Is “raise the roof” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.