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noun (uncountable)
  1. (idiom) A flamboyant display of military power as an implied threat that it might be used.
  2. (context, idiom, figurative) Any threat, such as one company threatening another with a lawsuit.
Etymology: From the early 20th century, when an officer would threaten to draw his sabre.

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