go for the jugular
Example Sentences
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And at a debate when the two were asked to say something nice about each other, Jerry chose to go for the jugular:
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2024
Cheesy, strident, ridiculous and sometimes disarmingly, stupidly funny, “Renfield” doesn’t go for the jugular as much as give it a playful and quickly forgotten love bite.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
"They've chosen to go for the jugular of UK seafaring," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022
With his opponent reduced to preserving the blockade on the d-pawn, White is free to go for the jugular on the kingside, something Janowsky does with Gallic panache.
From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2021
He has a cat-like instinct to go for the jugular.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2019
