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big stick

noun

  1. force, especially political or military, used by a government as a means of influence.


big stick

noun

  1. informal.
    force or the threat of using force
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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