Usually means: Powerful, assertive diplomatic policy strategy.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. big stick: Merriam-Webster
  2. big stick: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. big stick: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. big stick: Collins English Dictionary
  5. big stick: Vocabulary.com
  6. big stick: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. big stick: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. big stick: Dictionary.com
  9. Big Stick (band), Big stick (disambiguation), Big stick: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. big stick: Rhymezone
  11. big stick: FreeDictionary.org
  12. big stick: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. big stick: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. big stick: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. big stick: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. big stick: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (big stick)

▸ noun:  (often attributive) Significant power to punish or coerce.

Similar:
big gun, big hitter, power move, heavy hitter, big daddy, power, heavy artillery, behemoth, heavy metal, big shot, more...

Types:
baseball bat, lacrosse stick, hockey stick, golf club, cricket bat, more...

Phrases:
speak softly and carry a big stick, big stick diplomacy, Big stick ideology, more...

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Similar:
big gun, big hitter, power move, heavy hitter, big daddy, power, heavy artillery, behemoth, heavy metal, big shot, more...

Types:
baseball bat, lacrosse stick, hockey stick, golf club, cricket bat, more...

Phrases:
speak softly and carry a big stick, big stick diplomacy, Big stick ideology, more...



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