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fire a shot across bows
fire a shot across somebody's/the bows
(slightly formal) if you fire a shot across someone's bows, you do something in order to warn them that you will take strong action if they do not change their behaviour Airline staff have fired a warning shot across the company's bows by threatening strike action if higher pay increases are not offered.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Jose | | [dʒəuz] | |
Lehua | | - | Hawaiian |
Helen | | HEL-ən (English) | English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized) |
LorcÁN | | LOR-kan | Irish |
Mojisola | | - | Western African, Yoruba |
Mustafa | | moos-TAH-fah (Turkish) | Arabic, Turkish |