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Meaning of sabre-rattling | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.
    countable, idiomatic, uncountable
  2. Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit.
    countable, figuratively, idiomatic, uncountable

Equivalents

Беларуская бразганне зброяй
Deutsch Säbelrasseln
Español ruido de sables
Suomi sapelinkalistelu
Français bruits de bottes
Magyar kardcsörtetés
Italiano tintinnar(e) di sciabole
日本語 威嚇的な武力
Nederlands sabelgekletter wapengekletter
Русский бряца́ние ору́жием
Svenska sabelskrammel
Українська брязкотіння зброєю

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

sabre-tooth sabre-toothed cat sabre-toothed tiger sabrebill sabrecat Sabree

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