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rattling one's sabre

rattling one's sabre is the present participle and gerund of rattle one's sabre.

Meaning of rattle one's sabre

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.

Questions about rattling one's sabre

What is rattling one's sabre the present participle and gerund of?
Rattling one's sabre is the present participle and gerund of rattle one's sabre.

Words near rattling one's sabre in the dictionary

  1. rattling about
  2. rattling around
  3. rattling off
  4. rattling one's hocks
  5. rattling one's saber
  6. rattling one's sabre
  7. rattling sabres
  8. rattling someone's cage
  9. rattling the bones
  10. rattling the saber
  11. rattling the sabre

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