"rattle a sabre" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rattles a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rattling a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rattled a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rattled a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "rattle a sabre (third-person singular simple present rattles a sabre, present participle rattling a sabre, simple past and past participle rattled a sabre)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "sabre-rattle"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Gregor Dallas, 1815: The Roads to Waterloo",
          "text": "But France's deteriorating domestic situation, coupled with her diplomatic isolation, could lead the most pacific minded Frenchmen to rattle a sabre.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Barbara Cleverly, The Damascened Blade",
          "text": "And when it comes to a gunboat, you've got some very good people here. It's not up to you to declare war on Afghanistan of course but get permission to rattle a sabre!'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Kyle C. Fitzharris, Skip Shot: A Novel",
          "text": "She was a feminist, in her own way, but didn't rattle a sabre or shove her beliefs down anyone's throat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sabre-rattle"
      ],
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        [
          "sabre-rattle",
          "sabre-rattle#English"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rattle, sabre."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "rattle",
          "rattle#English"
        ],
        [
          "sabre",
          "sabre#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rattle a sabre"
}

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    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rattles a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rattling a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rattled a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rattled a sabre",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "rattle a sabre (third-person singular simple present rattles a sabre, present participle rattling a sabre, simple past and past participle rattled a sabre)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "sabre-rattle"
        }
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Gregor Dallas, 1815: The Roads to Waterloo",
          "text": "But France's deteriorating domestic situation, coupled with her diplomatic isolation, could lead the most pacific minded Frenchmen to rattle a sabre.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Barbara Cleverly, The Damascened Blade",
          "text": "And when it comes to a gunboat, you've got some very good people here. It's not up to you to declare war on Afghanistan of course but get permission to rattle a sabre!'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Kyle C. Fitzharris, Skip Shot: A Novel",
          "text": "She was a feminist, in her own way, but didn't rattle a sabre or shove her beliefs down anyone's throat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sabre-rattle"
      ],
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          "sabre-rattle#English"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rattle, sabre."
      ],
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        [
          "rattle",
          "rattle#English"
        ],
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          "sabre",
          "sabre#English"
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  ],
  "word": "rattle a sabre"
}