warning shot
English
Noun
warning shot (plural warning shots)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: A shot fired as a warning..
- (figuratively, by extension) An action intended to act as a warning.
- 2005, J. H. Snider, Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: How Local TV Broadcasters Exert Political Power, page 487, →ISBN
- I believe that most members of Congress interpreted these ads as a warning shot rather than an effective grass roots mobilization tool.
- 2005, J. H. Snider, Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: How Local TV Broadcasters Exert Political Power, page 487, →ISBN
Translations
shot fired
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action intended as a warning
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