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Phrase(s): take a potshot at someone or something
1. Lit. to shoot at someone or something, as with a shotgun. (A potshot refers to the type of shooting done to provide meat for the cooking pot.) • The hunters were taking potshots at each other in the woods. • Someone has been taking potshots at my mailbox! 2. Fig. to criticize or censure someone or something, often just to be mean. • Why are you taking potshots at me? What did I do to you? • Everyone in the audience was taking potshots at the comedian’s toupee.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs