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
Susanna	soo-ZAHN-nah (Italian), SOO-sahn-nah (Finnish), soo-ZAN-ə (English)	Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Mattithiah	-	Biblical
Elijah	[i'laidʒə]
Haze	HAYZ	English (Rare)
Maxen	-	Welsh (Anglicized)
Eysteinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic