go for the jugular

Definitions

Synonym of go for the throat.

Examples

“You start⟳ to admire the flagrant disregard For the sanctity of other people's lives By the filthy few in positions of power Who go for the jugular in order⟳ to survive⟳”

“The cover⟳ story of last⟳ July's Journal was on hardball litigation tactics. It quoted lawyers talking about pulling out all the stops, going for the jugular.”

“Hewitt, angered by being kept hanging around, went for the jugular, breaking Roddick’s first and third service games to set⟳ himself up for a victory completed with another error from Roddick’s forehand wing.”

“We have⟳ just now completed the month of August, which is the cruelest month for Democrats, the month when Republicans go for the jugular, trotting out arguments — some valid, most scurrilous — that paint⟳ their Democratic rivals as weak, élite or unpatriotic.”

“Sorkin and Boyle don’t go for the jugular. What’s here is all surface-scratching, albeit entertaining and riveting in parts.”

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