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big stick
noun
- force, especially political or military, used by a government as a means of influence.
big stick
noun
- informal.force or the threat of using force
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of big stick1
An Americanism dating back to 1895鈥1900
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This feeling of certainty and Scotland sit as well together as a hornets' nest and a big stick.
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That is a big stick to beat his players with.
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鈥淪peak softly, and carry a big stick,鈥 Theodore Roosevelt advised, though he never envisioned a successor would prove capable of obliterating cities half a world away in under half an hour.
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But when Bush鈥檚 attorneys approached the Trust with 鈥渁 big stick鈥, he said, they found that the organization was more than willing to work with them.
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鈥淲e don鈥檛 go in with the big stick to begin with,鈥 Morling said.
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