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Meaning of go for the jugular vein | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of go for the throat.

Examples

“My friend argues that the Appleby case is what set the police off against the cruising at the I-91 rest area, and, the adds the initial media impulse to present Appleby as a mass murderer reveals their go-for-the-jugular-vein homophobic instincts and has helped contribute to the negative image of gays in Western Massachusetts.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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