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phony war
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phony war
n
1. (in wartime) a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
2. (in peacetime) a contrived embattled atmosphere; mock war
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So as far as I am concerned, and other sailors' children were concerned, there was no such thing as a phoney war if you lived in a naval town.
STRAIGHT TO THE point by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Just watched the news with great dismay More or our boys came home today Back from fighting the phoney war It was for them their final tour.
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The phoney war will end, opinion polls won't matter.
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