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rattling the sabre

rattling the sabre is the present participle and gerund of rattle the sabre.

Meaning of rattle the sabre

Verb

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

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

Questions about rattling the sabre

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

Words near rattling the sabre in the dictionary

  1. rattling one's sabre
  2. rattling sabres
  3. rattling someone's cage
  4. rattling the bones
  5. rattling the saber
  6. rattling the sabre
  7. rattling through
  8. rattlingly
  9. rattlingness
  10. rattlings
  11. rattlins

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