stir the pot

English

Verb

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

1. (figurative) To cause unrest or dissent.
   • 2023 March 25, Dan Sabbagh, “Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack [title]

Synonyms

• stir shit

Derived terms

• pot stirrer

Translations

to cause unrest or dissent

Dutch: stoken (nl) Finnish: kylvää riitaa French: semer la zizanie (fr), semer la pagaille (fr) Italian: agitare le acque Polish: zamieszać pf, wsadzać kij w mrowisko impf, wsadzić kij w mrowisko pf