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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

like a wolf on the fold en · X

Meanings

  1. (dated, literary, qualifier:simile) In a sudden or aggressive manner.
    • “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …” 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad: