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1.
violent or tumultuous motion; agitation; noisy disturbance: What's all the commotion in the hallway?
2.
political or social disturbance or upheaval; sedition; insurrection.
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Commotion
is always a great word to know.
So is controller. Does it mean:
| employee who checks expenditures and finances |
| to fill to excess, overcrowd |
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commotion
late 14c., from M.Fr. commocion "violent motion, agitation," from L. commotionem (nom. commotio), from commotus, pp. of commovere "to move, disturb," from com- "together" + movere "to move" (see move).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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