"get one's claws out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-get one's claws out.ogg Forms: gets one's claws out [present, singular, third-person], getting one's claws out [participle, present], got one's claws out [past], got one's claws out [UK, participle, past], gotten one's claws out [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's claws out}} get one's claws out (third-person singular simple present gets one's claws out, present participle getting one's claws out, simple past got one's claws out, past participle (UK) got one's claws out or (US) gotten one's claws out)
  1. (of an animal with claws) To prepare to attack or retaliate
    Sense id: en-get_one's_claws_out-en-verb-Eno62DQB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (of a person, idiomatic) To prepare to attack or retaliate Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-get_one's_claws_out-en-verb-Eno62DQB1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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