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big stick

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1. big sticknoun

   a display of force or power

   "speak softly but carry a big stick"

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1. big stick

   Big Stick generally refers to a policy or approach, especially in politics or foreign affairs, that uses or threatens force or power, particularly coercive measures, to achieve its objectives. This term summarizes the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far," which advocates for negotiation in good faith, yet having a strong and undisputed capability for stopping any aggressive action. It was popularly used by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to describe his style of foreign policy.

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1. Big Stick

   Big Stick are an alternative/independent band that gained much airplay with their debut release, the Drag Racing EP in 1986. It was instantly recognizable for Yanna Trance's voice repeated spoken line "In the summer I wear my tube top, and Eddie takes me to the dragstrip" throughout the track. It was one of the 142 singles in BBC DJ John Peel's Record Box that he'd picked to rescue in case of a fire. Numerous other Big Stick tracks have received substantial airplay and attention over the years. In 1990, Blast First records released a box set of 10 7" singles by various artists on their roster, including Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Big Black, the Butthole Surfers and Sun Ra. The box set was named after the Big Stick track it contained, Devil's Jukebox. While the band stayed together and more recently have performed with My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, it is still for Drag Racing that they are best known. They have also collaborated on a film soundtrack, for Besotted.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of big stick in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of big stick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of big stick in a Sentence

1. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.

2. Theodore Roosevelt:

   There is a homely old adage which runs Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far. If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

3. Joe Holt:

   With the alarming rise of Delta Air Lines variant covid cases companies face the tough decision of providing a safe workplace by using carrots and sticks to get employees to vaccinate or impose a vaccine mandate at the risk of alienating and possibly losing some employees, it seems more likely that a big stick will motivate employees more than small carrots will.

4. Geoff Maslen:

   The common way( for people to avoid swooping) is to grab a big stick and wave it over their heads when they're headed through magpie territory, i've noticed several cyclists around here have stalks stuck to their helmets to try to stop the magpies from colliding with them.

5. Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in Chicago, 3 Apr. 1903:

   There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

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