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take aim
Idioms and Phrases
Direct a missile or criticism at something or someone, as in Raising his rifle, Chet took aim at the squirrel but missed it entirely , or In his last speech the President took aim at the opposition leader . [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
The order also takes aim at California’s cap-and-trade program — a first-of-its-kind initiative that sets limits on companies’ greenhouse gas emissions and allows them to sell “credits” for unused emissions to other companies.
She also took aim at critics of President Trump.
Libraries across California are bracing for cuts to early literacy, information access and continuing education programs after the Trump administration’s latest effort to slash federal spending took aim at the nation’s libraries and museums.
Judges also took aim at longer-standing progressive programs, as when Judge Reed O’Connor of Fort Worth, a George W. Bush appointee, declared the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional in 2018.
Earlier this week, he took aim at Zegler in a fiery social media post.
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