"rattle one's sabre" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rattles one's sabre [present, singular, third-person], rattling one's sabre [participle, present], rattled one's sabre [participle, past], rattled one's sabre [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rattle one's sabre (third-person singular simple present rattles one's sabre, present participle rattling one's sabre, simple past and past participle rattled one's sabre)
  1. Alternative form of sabre-rattle Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sabre-rattle
    Sense id: en-rattle_one's_sabre-en-verb-2QTVUool Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rattle, sabre.
    Sense id: en-rattle_one's_sabre-en-verb-NGcoVWrw

Inflected forms

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