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单词 a (warning) shot across the bows
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a (warning) shot across the bows

A statement or gesture intended to frighten someone into changing their course of action: supporters are firing a warning shot across the President’s bows...
  • This is simply a warning shot across the bows of the Iraqi leadership.
  • There are not that many who have been completely barred but it's fired a warning shot across the bows.
  • Apparently they sometimes give you a warning shot across the bows before they sink the fangs in.
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