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peace for our time

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  • noun Used to evoke the situation where an aggressor is being appeased for the sake of delaying a (possibly inevitable) war
  • noun Used to evoke the idea of false political promises and false expectations.

Etymologies

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An often-misquoted speech by Neville Chamberlain in reference to avoiding another war with Germany.

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