bare (one's) teeth

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bare (one's) teeth

To display an angry, violent, and/or threatening reaction to or against something or someone, as does a dog or wolf when threatened. I will bare my teeth to anyone who tries to take away my land. We seemed to be getting along just fine, but she suddenly bared her teeth when I brought up religion.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Spartak	-	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian
Abramson	['eibrəmsn]
Randolph	RAN-dahlf	English
Raghnailt	-	Irish
Anne (1)	AHN (French), AN (English), AN-ne (Danish), AHN-ne (Finnish), AH-nə (German), AHN-nə (Dutch)	French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
Staffan	-	Swedish