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Anonymous  +  165876 Sun, 04 Dec 05 02:13 AM
'take aim at somebody/something'
= criticize somebody/something
Is this (take aim at) AmE?
Thank you.
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Clive  +  165885 Sun, 04 Dec 05 02:38 AM

Hi,

Yes, I'd say it's part of both AmE and BrE.

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MrPedantic  +  166203 Sun, 04 Dec 05 11:15 PM

Interesting. I don't remember hearing it in BrE. "Take a pot-shot at", maybe.

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Anonymous, 3 yr 338 days ago

Thank you very much, everybody.

'take a pot-shot at' Great! Thank you very much.

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