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"etymology_text": "From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre.",
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"ref": "1969, Lawrence Edmund Spivak, Meet the Press: America's Press Conference of the Air",
"text": "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,\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1980, Optical Spectra - Volume 14, page 164",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1991, Robert Arthur Lee, Peter Lawrence, Politics at work, page 91",
"text": "Do I want to change group norms (say to get higher output, or acceptance of change) or just sabre-rattle?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, John Andrew Fredrick, The King of Good Intentions, page 105",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To threaten a big battle or war."
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{
"word": "saber rattling"
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{
"word": "saber-rattling"
},
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"word": "sabre rattling"
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"word": "sabre-rattling"
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"word": "sabre rattle"
},
{
"word": "saber-rattle"
},
{
"word": "saber rattle"
},
{
"word": "rattle the sabre"
},
{
"word": "rattle the saber"
},
{
"word": "rattle a sabre"
},
{
"word": "rattle a saber"
},
{
"word": "rattle one's sabre"
},
{
"word": "rattle one's saber"
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"translations": [
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "brázhacʹ zbrójaj",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бра́згаць збро́яй"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "耀武揚威"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàowǔ yángwēi",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "耀武扬威"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuànyào wǔlì",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "炫耀武力"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "kalistella sapeliaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "Säbel rasseln"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "grozić wojną"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brjacátʹ orúžijem",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бряца́ть ору́жием"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "brjázkaty zbrójeju",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бря́зкати збро́єю"
}
]
}
],
"word": "sabre-rattle"
}
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},
{
"form": "sabre-rattling",
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},
{
"form": "sabre-rattled",
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},
{
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"ref": "1969, Lawrence Edmund Spivak, Meet the Press: America's Press Conference of the Air",
"text": "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,\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1980, Optical Spectra - Volume 14, page 164",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1991, Robert Arthur Lee, Peter Lawrence, Politics at work, page 91",
"text": "Do I want to change group norms (say to get higher output, or acceptance of change) or just sabre-rattle?",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, John Andrew Fredrick, The King of Good Intentions, page 105",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To threaten a big battle or war."
],
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]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sabre rattle"
},
{
"word": "saber-rattle"
},
{
"word": "saber rattle"
},
{
"word": "rattle the sabre"
},
{
"word": "rattle the saber"
},
{
"word": "rattle a sabre"
},
{
"word": "rattle a saber"
},
{
"word": "rattle one's sabre"
},
{
"word": "rattle one's saber"
}
],
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "brázhacʹ zbrójaj",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бра́згаць збро́яй"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "耀武揚威"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàowǔ yángwēi",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "耀武扬威"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuànyào wǔlì",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "炫耀武力"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "kalistella sapeliaan"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"word": "Säbel rasseln"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "grozić wojną"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brjacátʹ orúžijem",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бряца́ть ору́жием"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "brjázkaty zbrójeju",
"sense": "to threaten a big battle or war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бря́зкати збро́єю"
}
],
"word": "sabre-rattle"
}
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