To hold out threats against; = threaten, v. 2.

To try to influence (a person) by menaces; to utter or hold out a threat against; to declare (usually conditionally) one's intention of…

To utter or hold out threats against; to threaten; to be a threat to. transitive. With infinitive or clause, expressing the threatened fate of the…

To utter or hold out threats against; to threaten; to be a threat to. transitive. Without infinitive. (The prevailing use.) Also with with.

To utter or hold out threats against; to threaten; to be a threat to. transitive. With an impersonal agent as subject.

transitive. To threaten. Also absol. or intransitive to use threatenings.

transitive. To threaten; to bully, terrify. Scottish.

To harass by rough or severe treatment, by repeated aggression or attack; to assail with hostile or menacing speech.

To threaten (transitive and intransitive). Obsolete.

To threaten, menace. Obsolete.

To act the bravo towards.

figurative of persons.

transitive. To threaten (with Divine vengeance), anathematize. Also with cognate object, and intransitive.

To greet with ‘bravo!’

transitive. To use menacing or intimidating tactics against; to intimidate, harass; to terrorize.