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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