Sabre-rattling

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1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Forms and variants

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English

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Etymology

From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre.

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Noun

sabre-rattling ((uncountable{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))

((idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.