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rattle one's sabre

rattle one's sabre verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rattle, sabre. Also the alternative form of sabre-rattle.

Verb

rattle one's sabre (third-person singular simple present rattles one's sabre, present participle rattling one's sabre, simple past and past participle rattled one's sabre)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rattle, sabre.

Also used as

rattle one's sabre is also the alternative form of sabre-rattle.

Forms of rattle one's sabre

third-person singular presentrattles one's sabre
present participlerattling one's sabre
past participlerattled one's sabre
pastrattled one's sabre

Questions about rattle one's sabre

What does rattle one's sabre mean?
Rattle one's sabre means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rattle, sabre.
What part of speech is rattle one's sabre?
Rattle one's sabre is a verb.
What is the past tense of rattle one's sabre?
The past tense of rattle one's sabre is rattled one's sabre.

Words near rattle one's sabre in the dictionary

  1. rattle cans
  2. rattle off
  3. rattle on
  4. rattle one's hocks
  5. rattle one's saber
  6. rattle one's sabre
  7. rattle sabres
  8. rattle snake
  9. rattle snakes
  10. rattle someone's cage
  11. rattle someone's chain

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