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a shot across someone's bows

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Definition of a shot across someone's bows words

  • noun a shot across someone's bows a warning 3

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Parts of speech for A shot across someone's bows

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

a shot across someone's bows popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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