Usually means: Cause significant impact or change.
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  1. make waves: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. make waves: Merriam-Webster
  3. make waves: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. make waves: Collins English Dictionary
  5. make waves: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. make waves: Wiktionary
  7. make waves: Dictionary.com
  8. make waves: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. make waves: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. make waves: ESL Slang page
  2. make waves: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (make waves)

verb:  (idiomatic) To cause a disturbance.
verb:  (idiomatic) To upset the status quo.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, wave.

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