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                           Phrase(s): take aim at someone or something  Fig. to prepare to deal with someone or something; to focus on someone or something. (Based on take aim (at someone, something, or an animal).)  •  Now we have to take aim at the problem and try to get it solved.  •  The critics took aim at the star of the musical and tore her to pieces.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs