like a wolf on the fold

phrase

In a sudden or aggressive manner.

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Meanings

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  1. datedliterarysimileIn a sudden or aggressive manner.

    “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape. …”

    1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
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APA

like a wolf on the fold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20wolf%20on%20the%20fold

MLA

“like a wolf on the fold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20wolf%20on%20the%20fold. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “like a wolf on the fold,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/like%20a%20wolf%20on%20the%20fold.

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