sell wolf tickets

Meaning

Verb

To make threats or boasts, especially if empty and/or if made to intimidate someone.

Origin

From wolf ticket/woof ticket, from woofing, from woofing. Woof ticket/wolf ticket is attested since the 1960s.

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