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Big Stick

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Noun

1. big stick

a display of force or power

Example Sentences:
'speak softly but carry a big stick'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Big Stick

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noun
1. informal
force or the threat of using force
adjective bigstick
2. 
of, or relating to, irresistible military strength

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Big Stick

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[also B- S-]
a policy of acting or negotiating from a position backed by a show of strength

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Big Stick

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n.
A display of power or a threat: a foreign policy that relied on the big stick.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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