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idiomsabre-rattling/saber-rattlingif a country is involved in sabre-rattling, it threatens to use military force or go to war, although it may not be seriously intending to do this:There had been some saber-rattling in the first week of the confrontation, but it was quiet for weeks after that.What these politicians call diplomacy, other people call sabre-rattling.rattle your sabre/saber: The President was quoted as saying "When I rattle my saber, you'll know it."
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