get a raise—be given an increase in one’s wage or salary:
- My bureau were delighted…. I got a raise when I went back to Cuba.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase make a raise—(also: make a rise) succeed in striking gold or other precious metals by mining:
- He fled to the mountains, went into mining, made a raise…
get a rise—
1. = get a raise:
- The boss said that if things went OK I should get a rise soon.
2. (coll.) make a person become
- annoyed or angry: You must be pulling our legs trying to get a reaction, a rise.
3. (sl., of men) experience an erection:
- “What was it like?” “It was okay, except I couldn’t get a proper rise.”
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase get a lift—be allowed to travel some distance in a passing vehicle:
- “Don’t they ever send a car for you?” “Good Lord, no. Sometimes I get a lift.”