warning shot

English

Noun

warning shot (plural warning shots)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A shot fired as a warning..
2. (by extension, figuratively) An action intended to act as a warning.

   Synonyms: shot across the bow, shot across the bows

   • 2005, J. H. Snider, Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick: How Local TV Broadcasters Exert Political Power, page 487, →ISBN

     I believe that most members of Congress interpreted these ads as a warning shot rather than an effective grass roots mobilization tool.

Translations

shot fired

• Finnish: varoituslaukaus
• French: tir de sommation (fr) m, tir de semonce (fr) m, coup de semonce (fr) m
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• German: Warnschuss (de) m
• Swedish: varningsskott (sv) n

action intended as a warning

• Finnish: varoituslaukaus
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• German: Schuss vor den Bug m
• Swedish: varningsskott (sv) n