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Extend the house and cheer wildly (5,3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raise the roof

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(Other definitions for raise the roof that I've seen before include "Make a great commotion" , "Extend the house" , "cause a massive disturbance?" , "Make a lot of noise" , "make merry!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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