to swashbuckle

Examples

• All

• This was relevant to my interests for the twinned reasons of secret identity heroics and swashbuckling swordplay.

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• Michael swashbuckles over to them, taking Mandella's hand and leading her onto the dance floor. # MICHAEL #

  Fiction book (1999)

• Who doesn't love swashbuckling to pirate songs?

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• Bowen approaches Draco for the kill with swashbuckling pride.

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• Swashbuckling rogue, richest man alive, not bad with the ladies either.

  Tangled (2010)

• We're looking for this scruffy chancer, not some swashbuckling pirate hunting for buried treasure.

  Paddington 2 (2017)

• Suddenly, we were transported from the land of dusty sandals and uptight religious leaders to the domain of swashbuckling pirates and scallywags!

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• All of which are meant for sitting around—not swashbuckling like they do on the pirate ships or defending like they do in the castles.

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• Alec Baldwin imbues the high-spirited North with a Russian charisma that meshes quite well with his swashbuckling dexterity.

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• I had meticulously planned an amazing storyline full of political intrigue, betrayal, and swashbuckling adventure in a large metropolitan city on the outskirts of a dangerous wilderness.

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Synonyms

S

to swagger

vsto swashbuckle

9 5.6

To walk or behave in a confident way to impress others

is more daring and adventurous, showing flamboyant heroic action

S

to swash

vsto swashbuckle

• Archaic

9.1

Act in a proud, showy way

is bolder and adventurous, focusing on daring heroic flair

Antonyms

R

to retreat

235 4.0

To move back from a place or plan to avoid danger

C

to cower

41 6.1

To bend down or move back because you are afraid

How Daring

to throw caution to the wind

• Informal

7 7.3

to swashbuckle

• Literature

2 8.2

to take risks

56 3.2

to dare

516 1.1

to hold back

16 3.5

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