Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To draw from or as if from a sheath or scabbard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To draw from the sheath or scabbard.
- To come out from a sheath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword.
- transitive verb to make war.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To deprive of a
sheath ; todraw from the sheath orscabbard , as a sword.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb draw from a sheath or scabbard
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Examples
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People who have pledged their lives to fighting Islamic extremism, when asked about Charles Johnson now, unsheathe a word they do not throw around lightly ...
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And that if he and his colleagues can unsheathe it Sunday, they'll win.
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He met them in the clubs, and wondered how real was the good-fellowship they displayed and how quickly they would unsheathe their claws and gouge and rend.
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I can suspend my disbelief for men who unsheathe adamantium claws through their knuckles and aliens who spit acid and Tina Fey as a frumpy mess with no sex appeal well, I have trouble with that last one.
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Meanwhile, in the darkened depths, a threat greater than any Thor has ever before faced rises when the malignant Mangog threatens to unsheathe the Odinsword and bring Ragnarok upon the Norse gods.
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Broken tooth, skull ring, earring, kohl eyes --- he's Cpt. Jack Sparrow's father, lurching though life as if it's a pirate movie, ready to unsheathe his knife for any reason, or none.
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Broken tooth, skull ring, earring, kohl eyes --- he's Cpt. Jack Sparrow's father, lurching though life as if it's a pirate movie, ready to unsheathe his knife for any reason, or none.
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First the brothers swear fidelity to one another, then they unsheathe the knives.
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Broken tooth, skull ring, earring, kohl eyes --- he's Cpt. Jack Sparrow's father, lurching though life as if it's a pirate movie, ready to unsheathe his knife for any reason, or none.
Jesse Kornbluth: Keith Richards Lets It Bleed in 'Life,' 547 Pages of Music And Mayhem Jesse Kornbluth 2010
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First the brothers swear fidelity to one another, then they unsheathe the knives.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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