show one's claws (English, verb)
expansion: show one's claws (third-person singular simple present shows one's claws, present participle showing one's claws, simple past showed one's claws, past participle shown one's claws)
Senses:
glosses: To demonstrate one's ability to hurt another.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see show, claw.
Forms:
form: shows one's claws
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: showing one's claws
tags: participle
present
form: showed one's claws
tags: past
form: shown one's claws
tags: participle
past