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Synonyms and antonyms of a shot across someone's bows in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS
WORDS RELATING TO «A SHOT ACROSS SOMEONE'S BOWS»
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Translation of «a shot across someone's bows» into 25 languages
The translations of a shot across someone's bows from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «a shot across someone's bows» in English.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «A SHOT ACROSS SOMEONE'S BOWS»
The term «a shot across someone's bows» is barely ever used and occupies the 212.631 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about a shot across someone's bows
EXAMPLES
2 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «A SHOT ACROSS SOMEONE'S BOWS»
Discover the use of a shot across someone's bows in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to a shot across someone's bows and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary and ...
Step out of line Catch someone off guard A body blow Cloak anddagger To the
hilt Show your true colours A shot across someone's bows Ride roughshod over
someone Fight your corner At the drop of a hat Not (come) up to scratch On ...
Frank Boers, Seth Lindstromberg, 2008
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Cognitive Linguistics
English is also comparatively rich in seafaring idioms (e.g. clear the decks, on an
even keel, take something on board, when my ship comes in, give a wide berth,
plain sailing, a shot across someone's bows, in the doldrums, walk the plank, left
...
Jeannette Littlemore, John R. Taylor, 2014
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. A shot across someone's bows [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/a-shot-across-someones-bows>. Mar 2023 ».
