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rattle
(redirected from rattle sabers)

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See: confuse, discompose, perplex


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With the issue still far from being resolved, however, and all sides demonstrating their ability to rattle sabers, the Caspian looks set to remain a sea--or lake--of troubles for some time to come.
Clinton has done nothing definitive on Iraq for his entire presidency except make empty threats and rattle sabers.
Although Sir John is necessarily aware of the heated historiographical debates that aspects of his subject have aroused in recent decades, he seems reluctant to rattle sabers himself, and his judicious conclusions often take the form of passing asides.
 
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