show one's teeth
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːθ
Verb
show one's teeth (third-person singular simple present shows one's teeth, present participle showing one's teeth, simple past showed one's teeth, past participle shown one's teeth or (US also) showed one's teeth)
- (idiomatic) Alternative form of bare one's teeth.
- 2016, DICE, Battlefield 1 (Historical Fiction), Stockholm: Electronic Arts, PC, Xbox One, Playstation 4, scene: American Ballroom Blitz Pre-Battle Speech (Operations):
- We've come a long, long way boys! Now it's time for America to show its teeth. Fix bayonets!