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rattle the sabre

verb

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sabre-rattle.

    • Moreover, "in an age when such destructive forms of weapons exist as atomic and hydrogen weapons, it is impossible to threaten and rattle the sabre, ... to act as people once did in the period of colonial conquests."

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rattle, sabre.

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