"at someone's throat" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at someone's throat, {{en-PP}} at someone's throat
  1. Behaving very aggressively or snappishly toward someone. Related terms: jump down someone's throat
    Sense id: en-at_someone's_throat-en-prep_phrase-jj8L~OIC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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