calm before a storm

noun

Roget 145: reversion, return; revulsion.    turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm.    alternation etc. (periodicity) 138; inversion etc. 219; recoil etc. 277; retreat, regression, retrogression etc. 283; restoration etc. 660; relapse, recidivism etc. 661; atavism; vicinism^†; ... show more

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