Do you want the earliest cited use or something about an original meaning.
Origin of the expression raise the roof.
Go through the roof meaning.
To reach extreme heights.
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What does raise the roof expression mean.
To raise the roof lift the roof definition.
It probably is related to a literal roof of a house.
Definition of raise the roof in the idioms dictionary.
This expression originated in the first half of the 1900s.
To perform with vigor.
Verb to pump it up get loud get excited etc.
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Origin of through the roof.
Raise the roof definition.
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Does anyone know the origin of the phrase raise the roof.
If a group of people inside a building raise the roof they make a very loud noise for.
If something actually were to go through the roof of a house it would have risen very high and fast and unexpectedly.
To play sing very loudly and enthusiastically.
Imo this is a pretty ordinary metaphor for either meaning.
To play sing very loudly and.