phoney warnoun [ C usually singular ]
also phony war uk/ˌfəʊ.ni ˈwɔːr/us/ˌfoʊ.ni ˈwɔːr/UKa period during a war when there is no fighting and the situation appears calm
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- scorched-earth policy
- the Great War
- the Second World War
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