bare your teeth

bare (one's) teeth

To display an angry, violent, or threatening reaction to or against something or someone, as does a dog or wolf when threatened. I will bare my teeth to anyone who tries to take away my land. We seemed to be getting along just fine, but she suddenly bared her teeth when I brought up religion.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bare your ˈteeth

show your teeth in a fierce and threatening way: The dog bared its teeth and growled.
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See also:
  • bare (one's) teeth
  • bare one's teeth
  • pull or teeth
  • fed to the teeth
  • get one's teeth into (something), to
  • gnash one's teeth, to
  • drop (one's) teeth
  • drop one’s teeth
  • drop teeth
  • hang a BA (at someone)
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