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What does put the cat among the pigeons mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To cause alarm.
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Anyway, our Brendan decides to put the cat among the pigeons by means of this post slagging off the monarchy and right wing bloggers.
Step forward Alsop to put the cat among the pigeons and prompt the club's vocal band to crank it up a couple of notches.
Ed has put the cat among the pigeons by releasing a preview of his all-important speech tonight, but does the government agree with his suggestions?
That result has put the cat among the pigeons in terms of the title race with four points separating the top three clubs.
Another time he put the cat among the pigeons – well, the British Medical Association – by saying orthodox medicine sometimes left out much of the springs of human wellbeing.
We want to really put the cat among the pigeons as we have in the past but it's getting progressively more difficult.

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