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- a shot across the bow
a shot across the bow
a shot across the bow
a warning to stop doing something The lawsuit is a shot across the bow to businesses that are competing unfairly.
Etymology: based on the military practice of aiming a shot across the bow ( a small explosion in front of a ship) to force it to stop
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Titania | | tə-TAYN-yə (English), tə-TAHN-yə (English), tie-TAYN-yə (English) | Literature |
| ÅSe | | AW-se (Swedish) | Danish, Norwegian, Swedish |
| Faustino | | - | Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
| Sabino | | - | Italian |
| Mijo | | - | Croatian, Serbian |
| Salut | | - | Catalan |