Meaning of sabre-rattle | Babel Free

Definitions

To threaten a big battle or war.

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Examples

“Then you speak of "the President's spread-eagle patriotism," his delight in "barnyard language," his "readiness to sabre-rattle at the ripple of a flag,"”

“The Chinese and the Russians sabre-rattle like mad against each other, but they both seem to be super-practical countries in that they trade with each other when they need to.”

“Do I want to change group norms (say to get higher output, or acceptance of change) or just sabre-rattle?”

“If I go in all confident, all don't-even-think-of-fucking-with-me, they'll rabble-rouse and sabre-rattle to beat the band.”

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