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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used..
But it excited much discontent in sabre-rattling court circles which regarded Austrophilia as the most un-French of diplomatic perversions.
Use sabre-rattling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sabre-rattling means (idiomatic) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But it excited much discontent in sabre-rattling court circles which regarded Austrophilia as the most un-French of diplomatic perversions.
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