Examples of 'fifth column' in a sentence
Meaning of "fifth column"
This phrase originated during the Spanish Civil War and refers to a group of people who secretly work against the government or country they appear to support. It can also be used metaphorically to describe individuals who undermine an organization or cause from within
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- A group of people which clandestinely undermines a larger group, such as a nation, to which it is expected to be loyal.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fifth, column.
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fifth column
The fifth column has not gone away.
John may started the fifth column.
The fifth column shows the value of λ.
That fit the profile to go fifth column.
David has a fifth column in the works.
Where are we with finding the fifth column.
The fifth column lists literature references.
Arabs are treated like fifth column threats.
The fifth column contains the date.
The existence of a fifth column was ridiculed.
The fifth column and the cavalry were in reserve.
Probably some more of that fifth column work.
You was a fifth column in our midst.
We did not check whether he was fifth column.
Is a fifth column if there ever was one.
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Long live the fifth column.
The fifth column describes the corresponding parameter.
Apostates are the fifth column inside the church.
They would be supported by the local fifth column.
The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine.
This is reflected in the fifth column.
Before the fifth column sent their message.
But they needed a fifth column.
The fifth column is a molar ratio.
But thev needed a fifth column.
The fifth column is used by the dump command.
Modernized for the fifth column.
It means their fifth column is stronger than ever.
They can not form the fifth column.
They are the fifth column inside the walls.
This is more than a fifth column.
But the fifth column will never harm you.
So in a way they represent the fifth column of globalization.
The fifth column is here.
Arab citizens are treated like fifth column threats.
This is a fifth column subversion.
I sighted agents of the fifth column.
A lot of fifth column work.
He thinks we are ruddy fifth column.
The members of the fifth column onboard the mother ship.
He thinks we are running fifth column.
The fifth column defines whether or not a fan function is implemented.
This is the real fifth column.
The fifth column gives the publication years of those documents.
Exit the fifth column.
We monitor everyone who might remotely constitute a fifth column.
The current fifth column.
The fifth column is merely the sum of the first four.
The sinister fifth column.
The fifth column states whether additional financing is needed for the work.
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Your target is the fifth detainee to exit
A fifth hunter took the mirror itself
Examples of using Column
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This column also captures those situations
This marks my final column in this magazine
A column matrix is a matrix with a single column
