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like a wolf on the fold

like a wolf on the fold phrase: in a sudden or aggressive manner.

Phrase

like a wolf on the fold

  1. (dated, literary, simile) In a sudden or aggressive manner.
    • “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad

Questions about like a wolf on the fold

What does like a wolf on the fold mean?
Like a wolf on the fold means in a sudden or aggressive manner.
What part of speech is like a wolf on the fold?
Like a wolf on the fold is a phrase.

Words near like a wolf on the fold in the dictionary

  1. like a stuck pig
  2. like a ton of bricks
  3. like a train
  4. like a wet weekend
  5. like a whitehead
  6. like a wolf on the fold
  7. like all possessed
  8. like an explosion in a paint factory
  9. like anything
  10. like as
  11. like as and

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