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"text": "He took aim at the prize bird meticulously and shot the cock from the distant flock with a single shot.",
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"To position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (which is indicated after 'at')"
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"(intransitive) To position oneself and/or one's weapon so as to be aimed specifically at a chosen mark or target (which is indicated after 'at')"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "mikken (op)"
},
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"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "vizar"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "prendere di mira"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
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"roman": "nişanlamak",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "نشانلامق"
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"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
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"word": "це́литься"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "nişan almak"
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"text": "He needed someone to blame for the bus accident, so took aim at the mechanics who failed to carry out the checks.",
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"To direct criticism (towards)."
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"(idiomatic) To direct criticism (towards)."
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],
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"To direct criticism (towards)."
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "mikken (op)"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "vizar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "prendere di mira"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "prendere la mira"
},
{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "nişanlamak",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "نشانلامق"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "ținti"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "ochi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "célitʹsja",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "це́литься"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pricélivatʹsja",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прице́ливаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pricélitʹsja",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прице́литься"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "apuntar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "position oneself and/or one's weapon",
"word": "nişan almak"
}
],
"word": "take aim"
}
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