bare one's teeth

English

Alternative forms

• bare one's fangs

Verb

bare one's teeth (third-person singular simple present bares one's teeth, present participle baring one's teeth, simple past and past participle bared one's teeth)

1. (of an animal) To show its teeth as a sign of aggression.
2. (idiomatic, by extension) To show aggression.

Derived terms

• teeth-baring

Translations

(figuratively) to show aggression

• Finnish: näyttää hampaansa
• French: montrer les dents (fr)
• German: Zähne zeigen, die Zähne fletschen
• Italian: mostrare i denti
• Polish: szczerzyć (pl) impf
• Russian: ска́лить зу́бы impf (skálitʹ zúby), оска́ливать зу́бы impf (oskálivatʹ zúby), оска́лить зу́бы pf (oskálitʹ zúby), ска́литься (ru) impf (skálitʹsja), оска́литься (ru) pf (oskálitʹsja)

See also

• flex one's muscles