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cold war

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Definition


A rivalry between parties fought indirectly through proxies.

Context : History, Politics
Category: Idiom
Semantic: conflict, rivalry, war

Usage of “cold war”

  1. That country harmed by the geo-politics of the Cold War between the US and USSR.

  2. There appears to be a cold war between the two wealthy brothers.

Examples of idiom “cold war” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'e_chungky'
    e_chungky:

    Omgosh for everyone doing history - cold war, WW2, WW1 need to read Hetalia: Axis Powers.

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'bluedirtyangel'
    bluedirtyangel:

    Just came back from a place exactly like North&South Korea's cold war. I survived!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'winonakent'
    winonakent:

    @Caroline_Firth @WollemiPine I liked the old cold war spy novels :) (John le Carre my favourite). After that, general fiction...

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'Johansen04xg'
    Johansen04xg:

    Former cold war foes US, Russia to slash nukes - San Jose Mercury News

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'mktgdouchebag'
    mktgdouchebag:

    In the absence of a Cold War abroad, we create cold wars at home.