sell wolf tickets
(AAVE) To make threats or boasts, especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone.
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(AAVE) To make threats or boasts, especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone.
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(AAVE) To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.
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(AAVE, chiefly, in the plural) Tough talk; threat(s) or boast(s), especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone. (Chiefly used in the phrases sell wolf tickets and buy wolf tickets.).
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