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yesbabyyes on Nov 8, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: A History of the Sentence "Buffalo buffalo buffalo...

to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, or authority.

Have you seen a bison? Their display of power is quite intimidating.

According to [0], it can mean to hunt buffalo.

[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buffalo#Verb

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