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                            Phrase(s): raise someone from the dead 
Fig. to bring a dead person back to life. (When used figuratively, usually refers to something very bad or offensive.)  •  How great are your magic powers? Can you raise people from the dead?  •  They say her singing could raise people from the dead.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs