take aim

idiom

: to point a weapon at an object
He took aim and pulled the trigger.

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One particular storyline glimpsed in the trailer appears to take aim at Elon Musk. Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025 The San Clemente protest will also take aim at Elon Musk, the head of Tesla and SpaceX, who has become a key adviser to Trump and is spearheading efforts to shrink the federal workforce and weed out programs the administration considers wasteful. Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025 The new tariff regime will take aim at trading partners that officials believe treat domestic exporters unfairly. Courtenay Brown, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025 Disruptors keep invading your customer base while cybercriminals and fraudsters take aim every day. Seamus Smith, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for take aim

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“Take aim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20aim. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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