"go for the throat" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go for the throat.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes for the throat [present, singular, third-person], going for the throat [participle, present], went for the throat [past], gone for the throat [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> for the throat}} go for the throat (third-person singular simple present goes for the throat, present participle going for the throat, simple past went for the throat, past participle gone for the throat)
  1. (idiomatic) To exert an unrestrained, aggressive effort, especially by assailing an opponent's or victim's area of greatest vulnerability. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: go for the jugular, go for the kill Translations (Translations): jít po krku [imperfective] (Czech), iskeä arkaan paikkaan (Finnish), skakać do oczu [imperfective] (Polish), skoczył do oczu [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-go_for_the_throat-en-verb-M0zRWVxl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go for the throat meaning in English (2.2kB)

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