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long screwdrivers

long screwdrivers is the plural of long screwdriver.

Meaning of long screwdriver

Noun

long screwdriver (plural long screwdrivers)

  1. (idiomatic) Interference (usually in military matters) by politicians.
    • The telegraph, telephone, and then radio made it easier for governments to intervene in the conduct of military operations, inserting that 'long screwdriver' so resented by modern commanders.2009, Richard Holmes, Churchill's Bunker: The Cabinet War Rooms and the Culture of Secrecy in Wartime London, Yale University Press

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What is long screwdrivers the plural of?
Long screwdrivers is the plural of long screwdriver.

Words near long screwdrivers in the dictionary

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