big stick
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“He had a big stick and looked like Moses or something, walking to the promised land,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
That is a big stick to beat his players with.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
“We don’t go in with the big stick to begin with,” Morling said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
“I had a big stick, and I was banging on the box, really whaling on it. So he wasn’t just plopped on his feet. Because I wanted him to be alighting down to the ground.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
The Honda was bumping its way up a hill, and the limbs looked like long fingers on big stick hands trying to get in and grab him.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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